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| | Harvard Stages U.S. Premiere of 'A Prayer For Hetman Mazepa' |
 | | Hetman Ivan Mazepa, man of a dazzling array of acumen, the polyglot, the statesman, the military leader, the lover, has captivated the imagination of such writers as Lord Byron, A. Pushkin, V. Hugo, J. Slowacki, R.M. Rilke, B. Brecht, to name just a few. |
 | | For me the main message of the film concerning the figure of Mazepa is that he was neither an unequivocal hero, nor an unequivocal villain as, depending on ones point of view, he tends to be portrayed in literature and scholarship. |
 | | The screening of A Prayer for Hetman Mazepa at the Harvard Ukrainian Summer Institute became possible thanks to the assistance of Virko Baley, composer of its score and the cooperation of Ihor Didkovsky, producer of the film. |
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