The Legend of Princess Olga (1984)

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The film is a poetic adaptation of a series of stories (oral and written) about Princess Olha of Kyivan Rus' (Ukraine-Rusʹ) at the start of the 11th century. Inspired by chronicles and folk legends this is a story of a common girl Olha who married Prince Ihor and became his successor on the throne after his murder and one of the most remarkable political leaders in early medieval European history. She converted to Christianity and brought her realm into Europe.

GENRES:  Drama • History
DIRECTION:  Yurii Illienko

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Cast & Characters

Liudmyla Yefymenko Olga
Les Serdyuk Prince Svyatoslav
Ivan Mykolaichuk Vladimir I Svyatoslavich
Ivan Ivanov Volodymyr young
Kostiantyn Stepankov
Nikolay Olyalin
Ivan Havryliuk Rus
Ivan Savkin Governor of Novgorod
Dmitriy Mirgorodskiy
Oleksandr Denysenko Prince Ihor, Olha's husband, Svyatoslav's father
Aleksei Kolesnik
Viktor Demertash Prince Mal of the Drevlians

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