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.
DirectorYurii Illienko
ProducersNikolay Vesna
WritersYurii Illienko
Top Casts
Liudmyla Yefymenko
Princess Olha
Les Serdyuk
Prince Svyatoslav
Ivan Mykolaichuk
Volodymyr I Svyatoslavych
Ivan Ivanov
Volodymyr young
Kostiantyn Stepankov
Voivode Sveneld
Ivan Havryliuk
Rus
Dmitriy Mirgorodskiy
Greek Arefa, a monk
Nikolay Olyalin
Oleh the Wise, Prince of Kyiv
Oleksandr Denysenko
Prince Ihor, Olha's husband, Svyatoslav's father
Viktor Demertash
Prince Mal of the Drevlians
Details
LanguageRussian
Production companiesDovzhenko Film Studios