Mazeppa, Folk Hero of the Ukraine
(1919)
★ 6.4 IMDb · 5 votes
Year: 1919
Runtime: 85 мин
Country: Germany
Director: Martin Berger
Cast: Вернер Краус, Lulu Lànyi, Mi. Samoliows, Aenderly Lebius, Eva Speyer, Otto Mannstaedt, Toni Zimmerer, Rudolf Hofbauer, Alfred Beierle, Bertold Reissig
Plot
The film tells the story of Ivan Mazeppa, a Ukrainian page at the Polish court who has an affair with the young wife of a much older count. Outraged when he learns of the incident, the nobleman has Mazeppa tied naked to a wild horse which is then released into the wilderness. The bulk of the poem describes the long hazardous journey during which Mazeppa almost dies twice but ultimately survives and returns to his native Ukraine.