

Мамай
February 19, 2003
1h 20m
UK
Oles Sanin
Mamay draws on traditional Ukranian and Tatar folktales for its Romeo and Juliet-like love story and parable about chivalry and the struggle for freedom. Hundreds of years ago, in the wild steppes of Crimea that form an uneasy border between East and West, Europe and Asia, nomad and farmer, the proud Cossack Mamay falls in love with the Tatar beauty Omai. The title, like the storyline, holds a variety of different meanings taken from different cultures. In Turkic languages, it means "no one," but it was also the name of a famous Mongol conqueror, the great grandson of Ghengis-Khan. In Persian legends, mamay literally means "the spirit of the steppes. "

Andrii Bilous
Mamay

Viktoria Spesivtseva
Tatar woman

Nazl Sejtablaeva
Little Tatar girl



Oles Sanin
10
Serhii Romaniuk
Eldest brother

Oles Sanin
Middle brother

Akhtem Seitablaiev
Tatar warrior

Eldar Akimov
Tatar warrior

Emil Rasilov
Tatar warrior

Andrii Sereda
Cast

Shevket Seydametov
Cast

Dovzhenko Film Studios
UA