A Prayer for Hetman Mazepa

A Prayer for Hetman Mazepa

5.3IMDb Score
Released:2003-11-14
Duration:154 min
Country:Ukraine
Director:Yurii Illienko
Actors:Bohdan Stupka, Lyudmila Efimenko, Nikita Dzhigurda, Viacheslav Dovzhenko, Viktor Demertash
Production:Dovzhenko Film Studios

Overview:

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.

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