A Prayer for Hetman Mazepa (2002)

overview : '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; the 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 the Ukraine was given its independence.

Release Date : Feb 14, 2002

Runtime : 2h 34m

Genre : History  Drama  

Companies : Dovzhenko Film Studios

Countries : Ukraine

Keywords : cossack, russian invasion of ukraine, ukraine, cossack hetmanate