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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

February 27, 1984

Original language

Russian

Spoken languages

Russian

Countries

Soviet Union

Production

Dovzhenko Film Studios

Cast

Aleksei Kolesnik,Nikolay Olyalin,Ivan Havryliuk,Mikhail Golubovich,Viktor Panchenko,Viktor Malyarevych,Leonid Obolensky,Les Serdyuk,Svetlana Romashko,Oleksandr Denysenkoand 12 more

Director

Yurii Illienko

Writer

Yurii Illienko

Producer

Nikolay Vesna

Cinematography

Vilen Kalyuta

Music

Yevhen Stankovych

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0171469