Plot
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.
Cast
Богдан Ступка
Hetman Mazepa
Людмила Ефименко
Liubov Kochubei
Никита Джигурда
King Charles XII
В'ячеслав Довженко
Tsar Peter I
Виктор Демерташ
Judge General Kochubei
Сергей Романюк
Cossack Leleka
Пилип Іллєнко
Young Mazepa
Лесь Сердюк
Hetman Samoilovych
Остап Ступка
Chancellor Orlyk
Михаил Голубович
Zaporozhian Leader Sirko
Олег Драч
Prince Vasili Golitsyn
Раиса Недашковская
Gypsy Sorceress