A Prayer for Hetman Mazepa

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.

Genre:

History, Drama

Duration:

154 min

Cast:

Bohdan Stupka, Lyudmila Efimenko, Nikita Dzhigurda

Quality:

HD

Director:

Yurii Illienko

Release:

2003

Country:

Ukraine

Rating:

5.3