The Legend of Princess Olga

Name: The Legend of Princess Olga
Genre: History, Drama
Released: 1984-02-27
Duration: 135 min

2h 15m·History, Drama

Directed by Yurii Illienko1984

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.

DirectorYurii IllienkoCinematographyVilen KalyutaStudioDovzhenko Film Studios

Overview Discussion

Actor	Role
Lyudmila EfimenkoPrincess Olha	Princess Olha
Les SerdyukPrince Svyatoslav	Prince Svyatoslav
Ivan MykolaichukVolodymyr I Svyatoslavych	Volodymyr I Svyatoslavych
Ivan IvanovVolodymyr young	Volodymyr young
Kostiantyn StepankovVoivode Sveneld	Voivode Sveneld
Ivan HavryliukRus	Rus
Dmytro MyrhorodskyiGreek Arefa, a monk	Greek Arefa, a monk
Nikolay OlyalinOleh the Wise, Prince of Kyiv	Oleh the Wise, Prince of Kyiv
Oleksandr DenysenkoPrince Ihor, Olha's husband, Svyatoslav's father	Prince Ihor, Olha's husband, Svyatoslav's father
Viktor DemertashPrince Mal of the Drevlians	Prince Mal of the Drevlians
Pylyp IllienkoPrince Svyatoslav young	Prince Svyatoslav young
Yuriy Dubrovinman "Tree-cloud"	man "Tree-cloud"
Mikhail Golubovichmute stable boy	mute stable boy
Leonid Obolenskyvolkhv Ilm	volkhv Ilm
Ivan SavkinGovernor of Novhorod	Governor of Novhorod
Svetlana Romashkohousekeeper Malusha	housekeeper Malusha
Heorhiy Morozyukmessenger Vivera	messenger Vivera
Viktor Panchenkothe envoy of the Drevlians	the envoy of the Drevlians
Viktor MalyarevychPrince's man-at-arms	Prince's man-at-arms
Kostiantyn Stepankov Jr.Prince's man-at-arms	Prince's man-at-arms
Aleksei Kolesnikepisode	episode
YYuriy RybalchenkoNot listed	Not listed