The Legend of Princess Olga
Легенда о княгине Ольге
Release: 1984-02-27
·Runtime: 135m
·★ 6.5
History
Drama
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.
Production Countries
Soviet Union
Production Companies
Dovzhenko Film Studios
Cast
Les Serdyuk
as Prince Svyatoslav
Ivan Ivanov
as Volodymyr young
Nikolay Olyalin
as Oleh the Wise, Prince of Kyiv
Viktor Malyarevych
as Prince's man-at-arms
Ivan Mykolaichuk
as Volodymyr I Svyatoslavych
Ivan Havryliuk
as Rus
Dmitriy Mirgorodskiy
as Greek Arefa, a monk
Oleksandr Denysenko
as Prince Ihor, Olha's husband, Svyatoslav's father
Yuriy Dubrovin
as man "Tree-cloud"
Mikhail Golubovich
as mute stable boy
Ivan Savkin
as Governor of Novhorod
Heorhiy Morozyuk
as messenger Vivera
Kostiantyn Stepankov
as Voivode Sveneld
Viktor Demertash
as Prince Mal of the Drevlians
Leonid Obolensky
as volkhv Ilm
Svetlana Romashko
as housekeeper Malusha
Viktor Panchenko
as the envoy of the Drevlians
Aleksei Kolesnik
as episode
Liudmyla Yefymenko
as Princess Olha
Pylyp Illienko
as Prince Svyatoslav young
Kostiantyn Stepankov Jr.
as Prince's man-at-arms
