Mazeppa, the folk hero of Ukraine

Movie
Original title	Mazeppa, the folk hero of Ukraine
Country of production	Germany
Publishing year	1919
length	118 or 113 minutes
Rod
Director	Martin Berger
script	Martin Berger
production	EH circle
camera	Hermann Krichelsdorf
occupation
Werner Krauss : Mazeppa Aenderly Lebius : King Casimir Toni Zimmerer : Prince Skrudzinski Wed. Samoliows: Count Czerny Eva Speyer : Princess Bianca Lulu Lànyi : Countess Czerny Otto Mannstaedt : Minister Krzywalow Rudolf Hofbauer : Servant Jan Max Gülstorff : Ukrainian landowner Alfred Beierle : Castle Captain Bulock Berthold Reissig : Cossack Iwan Frida von Bülow : Jan's sister Ernst Keppler : Pole nobleman

Mazeppa, the People's Hero of Ukraine is a German feature film from 1919.

action

It tells the life story of the Ukrainian hero Ivan Masepa .

background

The film was produced by BZ-Film (Dr. Linsert) Berlin. It had a length of six files at 2153 and 2070 meters, which corresponds to about 118 and 113 minutes. The exterior shots were shot in Grünwald .

It was censored in October 1918. The Berlin police imposed a youth ban on him (No. 42512). The re-censorship of the Reich film censorship of June 9, 1921 led to the same result (No. 2596).

Although filmed and censored in 1918, it was not premiered until 1919 in the Marble House in Berlin.

Web links

• Mazeppa, the folk hero of Ukraine at europeana collections (available as stream)
• Mazeppa, the folk hero of Ukraine on The German Early Cinema Database
• Mazeppa, the folk hero of Ukraine at filmportal.de
• Mazeppa, the People's Hero of Ukraine in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Film length calculator , frame rate : 16 2/3