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