The Legend of Princess Olga

Yurii Illienko
1984-02-27


6.7
135 min

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.

Cast

Name Character Team
Liudmyla Yefymenko Princess Olha Unowned
Les Serdyuk Prince Svyatoslav Unowned
Ivan Mykolaichuk Volodymyr I Svyatoslavych Unowned
Ivan Ivanov Volodymyr young Unowned
Kostiantyn Stepankov Voivode Sveneld Unowned
Ivan Havryliuk Rus Unowned
Dmitriy Mirgorodskiy Greek Arefa, a monk Unowned
Nikolay Olyalin Oleh the Wise, Prince of Kyiv Unowned
Oleksandr Denysenko Prince Ihor, Olha's husband, Svyatoslav's father Unowned
Viktor Demertash Prince Mal of the Drevlians Unowned
Pylyp Illienko Prince Svyatoslav young Unowned
Yuriy Dubrovin man "Tree-cloud" Unowned
Mikhail Golubovich mute stable boy Unowned
Leonid Obolensky volkhv Ilm Unowned
Ivan Savkin Governor of Novhorod Unowned
Svetlana Romashko housekeeper Malusha Unowned
Heorhiy Morozyuk messenger Vivera Unowned
Viktor Panchenko the envoy of the Drevlians Unowned
Viktor Malyarevych Prince's man-at-arms Unowned
Kostiantyn Stepankov Jr. Prince's man-at-arms Unowned
Aleksei Kolesnik episode Unowned