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The Legend of Princess Olga
1984 6.5 (8 votes) 2h 15m
Genres
History Drama
Production Companies
Dovzhenko Film Studios

The Legend of Princess Olga (Легенда о княгине Ольге)

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.

Key Crew

Director: Yurii Illienko

Writer: Yurii Illienko

Director of Photography: Vilen Kalyuta

Producer: Nikolay Vesna

Top Cast

Liudmyla Yefymenko
Liudmyla Yefymenko

Princess Olha

Les Serdyuk
Les Serdyuk

Prince Svyatoslav

Ivan Mykolaichuk
Ivan Mykolaichuk

Volodymyr I Svyatoslavych

Ivan Ivanov
Ivan Ivanov

Volodymyr young

Kostiantyn Stepankov
Kostiantyn Stepankov

Voivode Sveneld

Ivan Havryliuk
Ivan Havryliuk

Rus

Dmitriy Mirgorodskiy
Dmitriy Mirgorodskiy

Greek Arefa, a monk

Nikolay Olyalin
Nikolay Olyalin

Oleh the Wise, Prince of Kyiv

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