The Legend of Princess Olga

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.

• Yurii IllienkoWriter
• Yurii IllienkoDirector
• Yevhen StankovychOriginal Music Composer

• Lyudmila EfimenkoPrincess Olha
• Les SerdyukPrince Svyatoslav
• Ivan MykolaichukVolodymyr I Svyatoslavych
• Ivan IvanovVolodymyr young
• Kostiantyn StepankovVoivode Sveneld
• Ivan HavryliukRus
• Dmytro MyrhorodskyiGreek Arefa, a monk
• Nikolay OlyalinOleh the Wise, Prince of Kyiv
• Oleksandr DenysenkoPrince Ihor, Olha's husband, Svyatoslav's father
• Viktor DemertashPrince Mal of the Drevlians
• Pylyp IllienkoPrince Svyatoslav young
• Yuriy Dubrovinman "Tree-cloud"