Mazeppa
About Mazeppa
Hetman Mazepa loves Maria, daughter of Kochubey, and asks to marry her. Kochubey refuses. Mazepa and Maria run away anyway.
Cast & crew
More about Mazeppa
Vasily Goncharov directed and wrote it, from Pushkin. Aleksandr Khanzhonkov produced. Vladimir Siversen photographed. Vasili Stepanov plays Kochubey. Andrey Gromov plays Mazepa. Raisa Reyzen plays Maria. Antonina Pozharskaya plays Maria's mother. The Russian title is Мазепа.
Themes
Look
Vladimir Siversen photographed the Khanzhonkov production.
Preservation
A print survives.
Notes
- Maria is Kochubey's daughter. The wooing is a marriage request her father refuses.
- Gromov is Mazepa. Stepanov is the father.
- The published plot stops at the flight. It does not show the later punishment.
- The Russian title is Мазепа.
Scenes
- Kochubey refuses Mazepa.
- Maria leaves with him.
Influenced by
- Alexander Pushkin
