The Legend of Princess Olga (1984)
Легенда о княгине Ольге
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.
- Date of release
- 1984-02-27
- TMDB
- 6.7 / 10 (10)
- Runtime
- 2h 15m
- Genres
- History, Drama
- Director
- Yurii Illienko
Casting
- Lyudmila Efimenko — Princess Olha
- Les Serdyuk — Prince Svyatoslav
- Ivan Mykolaichuk — Volodymyr I Svyatoslavych
- Ivan Ivanov — Volodymyr young
- Kostiantyn Stepankov — Voivode Sveneld
- Ivan Havryliuk — Rus
- Dmytro Myrhorodskyi — 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
- Pylyp Illienko — Prince Svyatoslav young
- Yuriy Dubrovin — man "Tree-cloud"
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