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. "
Anna Chmil
Producer
Aram Gevorkyan
Producer
Oles Sanin
Director
Oles Sanin
Writer
Serhiy Mykhalchuk
Director of Photography
Andrii Bilous
Mamay
Viktoria Spesivtseva
Tatar woman
Nazl Sejtablaeva
Little Tatar girl
Serhii Romaniuk
Eldest brother
Oles Sanin
Middle brother
Akhtem Seitablaiev
Tatar warrior
Eldar Akimov
Tatar warrior
Emil Rasilov
Tatar warrior
Andrii Sereda
Shevket Seydametov
Dmytro Sanin
Serhiy Marchenko
