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.

Genres

Cast

Lyudmila Efimenko

Princess Olha

Les Serdyuk

Prince Svyatoslav

Ivan Mykolaichuk

Volodymyr I Svyatoslavych

Ivan Ivanov

Volodymyr young

Kostiantyn Stepankov

Voivode Sveneld

Ivan Havryliuk

Rus

Dmytro Myrhorodskyi

Greek Arefa, a monk

Nikolay Olyalin

Oleh the Wise, Prince of Kyiv

Oleksandr Denysenko

Prince Ihor, Olha's husband, Svyatoslav's father

Viktor Demertash

Prince Mal of the Drevlians

Pylyp Illienko

Prince Svyatoslav young

Yuriy Dubrovin

man "Tree-cloud"