A Prayer for Hetman Mazepa (Молитва за гетьмана Мазепу) 22 years old
I, Hetman Ivan Mazepa have declared this beautiful country an independent state... and for this I've received an eternal curse, an anathema, from the one who raped my land the worst of all — from Moscow Tsar Peter I.
'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; the 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 the Ukraine was given its independence.
Credits
A Prayer for Hetman Mazepa Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Bogdan Stupka He was 60, 70 years old when he died | as Hetman Mazepa |
| Serhii Romaniuk He was 48, 65 years old when he died | as Cossack Leleka |
| Lyudmila Yefymenko She was 50, now 73 years old | as Liubov Kochubei |
| Les Serdyuk He was 61, 69 years old when he died | as Hetman Samoilovych |
| Oleg Drach He was 42, now 65 years old | as Prince Vasili Golitsyn |
| Raisa Nedashkovskaya She was 58, now 81 years old | as Gypsy Sorceress |
| Nikita Dzhigurda He was 40, now 63 years old | as King Charles XII |
| Mikhail Golubovich He was 58, now 81 years old | as Zaporozhian Leader Sirko |
| Yuri Ilyenko He was 65, 73 years old when he died | as Marshall Zhukov |
A Prayer for Hetman Mazepa Crew
| Name | Department |
|---|---|
| Yuri Ilyenko as Director of Photography. He was 65 (73) years old when He died | Camera |
| Yuri Ilyenko as Director. He was 65 (73) years old when He died | Directing |
| Yuri Ilyenko as Screenplay. He was 65 (73) years old when He died | Writing |
A Prayer for Hetman Mazepa (22 years)
I, Hetman Ivan Mazepa have declared this beautiful country an independent state... and for this I've received an eternal curse, an anathema, from the one who raped my land the worst of all — from Moscow Tsar Peter I.
- Release day: Thursday, February 14, 2002
- Runtime: 154 minutes
- Budget: 2000000.00