'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.
Stars: Bohdan Stupka, Liudmyla Yefymenko, Nikita Dzhigurda, Viacheslav Dovzhenko, Viktor Demertash, Serhii Romaniuk
Crew: Yurii Illienko (Director of Photography), Yurii Illienko (Screenplay), Volodymyr Kniazev (Executive Producer), Igor Didkovsky (Producer), Volodymyr Furyk (Costume Design), Valentyna Fontalina (Sound Editor)
Country: Ukraine
Language: Pусский, Український
Studio: Dovzhenko Film Studios
Runtime: 154 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Feb 14, 2002
IMDb: 5.9
