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The Legend of Princess Olga

6.5 135 mins History   Drama   1984
Dovzhenko Film Studios  
Director(s): Yurii Illienko

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.

Casts of The Legend of Princess Olga

Liudmyla Yefymenko

as Princess Olha

Les Serdyuk

as Prince Svyatoslav

Ivan Mykolaichuk

as Volodymyr I Svyatoslavych

Ivan Ivanov

as Volodymyr young

Kostiantyn Stepankov

as Voivode Sveneld

Dmitriy Mirgorodskiy

as Greek Arefa, a monk

Nikolay Olyalin

as Oleh the Wise, Prince of Kyiv

Oleksandr Denysenko

as Prince Ihor, Olha's husband, Svyatoslav's father

Viktor Demertash

as Prince Mal of the Drevlians

Pylyp Illienko

as Prince Svyatoslav young

Yuriy Dubrovin

as man "Tree-cloud"

Mikhail Golubovich

as mute stable boy

Leonid Obolensky

as volkhv Ilm

Ivan Savkin

as Governor of Novhorod

Svetlana Romashko

as housekeeper Malusha

Heorhiy Morozyuk

as messenger Vivera

Viktor Panchenko

as the envoy of the Drevlians

Viktor Malyarevych

as Prince's man-at-arms

Kostiantyn Stepankov Jr.

as Prince's man-at-arms

Aleksei Kolesnik

as episode

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