A Prayer for Hetman Mazepa(2002)

'A Prayer for Hetman Mazepa' unfolds 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.

Genre: History, Drama

Director: Yuri Ilyenko

Actors: Bogdan Stupka, Lyudmila Efimenko, Nikita Dzhigurda, Vyacheslav Dovzhenko, Viktor Demertash, Ekaterina Lisovenko, Pylyp Illienko, Sergey Marchenko, Serhii Aloshechkin, Oleksandr Bezruchko

Release date: 2002-02-14

Country of origin: Ukraine

Length: 2h 34m

Ratings:

• 5.4/10