A Prayer for Hetman Mazepa
2002'A Prayer for Hetman Mazepa' unfolds during an interesting era in the history of Eastern Europe when Russia, under Peter the Great, and Sweden, under King Charles XII, struggled for power; Ukraine was the pawn in the middle. In 1709, Ivan Mazepa, Hetman of Ukraine, which was part of the Russian Empire, signed a pact with the Swedish king promising to support Sweden in its war against Russia provided that Ukraine was given its independence.
Acted in
Bohdan Stupka
as Hetman Mazepa
Liudmyla Yefymenko
as Liubov Kochubei
Nikita Dzhigurda
as King Charles XII
Viacheslav Dovzhenko
as Tsar Peter I
Viktor Demertash
as Judge General Kochubei
Serhii Romaniuk
as Cossack Leleka
Pylyp Illienko
as Young Mazepa
Les Serdyuk
as Hetman Samoilovych
Ostap Stupka
as Chancellor Orlyk
Mikhail Golubovich
as Zaporozhian Leader Sirko
Oleh Drach
as Prince Vasili Golitsyn
Rayisa Nedashkivska
as Gypsy Sorceress
Kostiantyn Stepankov
as Leader of Free Will
Yurii Illienko
as Marshall Zhukov
Yevhen Pidhornyi
as guest at the wedding
Volodymyr Koliada
as Iskra
Volodymyr Abazopulo
Viktor Poltoratskyi
