The Legend of Princess Olga - 1984

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.

135min
1984
Released
Trakio rating0.0/10
IMDB rating6.8/10

Cast

Lyudmila Yefymenko profile pictureLyudmila YefymenkoPrincess Olha
Les Serdyuk profile pictureLes SerdyukPrince Svyatoslav
Ivan Mykolaichuk profile pictureIvan MykolaichukVolodymyr I Svyatoslavych
Ivan Ivanov profile pictureIvan IvanovVolodymyr young
Konstantin Stepankov profile pictureKonstantin StepankovVoivode Sveneld
Dmytro Myrhorodskyi profile pictureDmytro MyrhorodskyiGreek Arefa, a monk
Nikolay Olyalin profile pictureNikolay OlyalinOleh the Wise, Prince of Kyiv
Oleksandr Denysenko profile pictureOleksandr DenysenkoPrince Ihor, Olha's husband, Svyatoslav's father
Viktor Demertash profile pictureViktor DemertashPrince Mal of the Drevlians
Pylyp Illienko profile picturePylyp IllienkoPrince Svyatoslav young
Yuriy Dubrovin profile pictureYuriy Dubrovinman "Tree-cloud"
Mykhaylo Holubovych profile pictureMykhaylo Holubovychmute stable boy
Ivan Savkin profile pictureIvan SavkinGovernor of Novhorod
Viktor Malyarevych profile pictureViktor MalyarevychPrince's man-at-arms
Kostiantyn Stepankov Jr. profile pictureKostiantyn Stepankov Jr.Prince's man-at-arms

About The Legend of Princess Olga

The Legend of Princess Olga Overview

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.

Runtime: 135min

Extra details

Original Title: Легенда о княгине Ольге
Original Language: Russian
Directed By: Yurii Illienko
Production Companies
Dovzhenko Film Studios