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A Prayer for Hetman Mazepa

51% | Feb 14, 2002 | History, Drama

'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.

Featured Crew

Yurii Illienko
Director
Yurii Illienko
Screenplay

Cast

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Bohdan Stupka
Hetman Mazepa
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Liudmyla Yefymenko
Liubov Kochubei
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Nikita Dzhigurda
King Charles XII
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Viacheslav Dovzhenko
Tsar Peter I
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Viktor Demertash
Judge General Kochubei

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