Легенда о княгине Ольге
6.5
135 minutes
2/27/1984
Overview
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 List
Liudmyla Yefymenko
as Princess Olha
Les Serdyuk
as Prince Svyatoslav
Ivan Mykolaichuk
as Volodymyr I Svyatoslavych
Ivan Ivanov
as Volodymyr young
Kostiantyn Stepankov
as Voivode Sveneld
Ivan Havryliuk
as Rus
Dmitriy Mirgorodskiy
as Greek Arefa, a monk
Nikolay Olyalin
as Oleh the Wise, Prince of Kyiv
Oleksandr Denysenko
as Prince Ihor, Olha's husband, Svyatoslav's father
Viktor Demertash
as Prince Mal of the Drevlians
Pylyp Illienko
as Prince Svyatoslav young
Yuriy Dubrovin
as man "Tree-cloud"
Mikhail Golubovich
as mute stable boy
Leonid Obolensky
as volkhv Ilm
Ivan Savkin
as Governor of Novhorod
Svetlana Romashko
as housekeeper Malusha
Heorhiy Morozyuk
as messenger Vivera
Viktor Panchenko
as the envoy of the Drevlians
Viktor Malyarevych
as Prince's man-at-arms
Kostiantyn Stepankov Jr.
as Prince's man-at-arms
Aleksei Kolesnik
as episode