Released:
2003-02-19

Overview:
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. "

Director:
Oles Sanin

Runtime:
1h 20min

Genre:
Drama, History

• Cast:
• 
  Andrii Bilous
  as
  Mamay
• 
  Viktoria Spesivtseva
  as
  Tatar woman
• 
  Nazl Sejtablaeva
  as
  Little Tatar girl
• 
  Serhii Romaniuk
  as
  Eldest brother
• 
  Oles Sanin
  as
  Middle brother