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Mamay

Mamay

20036.21h 20m

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. "

Directed by Oles Sanin
Written by Oles Sanin
Produced by Anna Chmil, Aram Gevorkyan
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Top Cast

Andrii Bilous

Andrii Bilous

Mamay

V

Viktoria Spesivtseva

Tatar woman

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Nazl Sejtablaeva

Little Tatar girl

Serhii Romaniuk

Serhii Romaniuk

Eldest brother

Oles Sanin

Oles Sanin

Middle brother

Akhtem Seitablaiev

Akhtem Seitablaiev

Tatar warrior

E

Eldar Akimov

Tatar warrior

E

Emil Rasilov

Tatar warrior

Andrii Sereda

Andrii Sereda

Shevket Seydametov

Shevket Seydametov

Themes & Keywords

based on myths, legends or folkloreukrainian folklorecrimean tatar folklore

About Mamay

Mamay is a drama, history film released in 2003 exploring themes of based on myths, legends or folklore, ukrainian folklore, crimean tatar folklore. Directed by Oles Sanin, it stars Andrii Bilous, Viktoria Spesivtseva, Nazl Sejtablaeva. 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. "

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