The Legend of Princess Olga

The Legend of Princess Olga (1984)

HistoryDrama

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.

Director: Yurii Illienko

Casts

	Lyudmila Efimenko as Princess Olha
	Les Serdyuk as Prince Svyatoslav
	Ivan Mykolaichuk as Volodymyr I Svyatoslavych
	Ivan Ivanov as Volodymyr young
	Kostiantyn Stepankov as Voivode Sveneld
	Ivan Havryliuk as Rus
	Dmytro Myrhorodskyi as Greek Arefa, a monk
	Nikolay Olyalin as Oleh the Wise, Prince of Kyiv
	Oleksandr Denysenko as Prince Ihor, Olha's husband, Svyatoslav's father
	Viktor Demertash as Prince Mal of the Drevlians
	Pylyp Illienko as Prince Svyatoslav young
	Yuriy Dubrovin as man "Tree-cloud"
	Mikhail Golubovich as mute stable boy
	Leonid Obolensky as volkhv Ilm
	Ivan Savkin as Governor of Novhorod
	Svetlana Romashko as housekeeper Malusha
	Heorhiy Morozyuk as messenger Vivera
	Viktor Panchenko as the envoy of the Drevlians
	Viktor Malyarevych as Prince's man-at-arms
	Kostiantyn Stepankov Jr. as Prince's man-at-arms
	Aleksei Kolesnik as episode
	Yuriy Rybalchenko as

Crew