A Prayer for Hetman Mazepa
(2003)
★ 5.3 IMDb · 10 votes
Year: 2003
Runtime: 152 мин
Country: Ukraine
Director: Юрий Ильенко
Cast: Богдан Ступка, Людмила Ефименко, Никита Джигурда, В'ячеслав Довженко, Виктор Демерташ, Сергей Романюк, Пилип Іллєнко, Лесь Сердюк, Остап Ступка, Михаил Голубович
Plot
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.