91 minutes
12/12/1964
Poetic treatment of the early life of Ukrainian poet and painter Taras Shevchenko. A biopic made on the occasion of his 150th anniversary. It dwells on the first part of the Shevchenko's life leading up to the writing of his rebellious poem "A Dream" (A comedy). The film features the first appearance on the silver screen of the iconic Ukrainian actor Ivan Mykolaichuk (as Taras Shevchenko).
Ivan Mykolaichuk
as Taras Shevchenko
Yuriy Leontyev
as young Taras
Dmytro Milyutenko
as Uncle Ivan
Nataliia Naum
as Yadviha Husikovska
Mikhail Derzhavin
as Karl Bryullov
Kostiantyn Stepankov
as Soshenko
Vasyl Dashenko
as Venetsianov
Dmytro Franko
as Vasyl Zhukovsky
Ivan Kononenko-Kozelskyi
as Hryhorovych
Vladimir Goncharov
as Engelhardt
Mykola Talyura
as Shyryayev
Efim Kopelyan
as Prekhtel
Vladislav Strzhelchik
as Nicholas I
Anatoliy Ivanov
as Tsar Alexander I
Vladimir Belokurov
as Dubelt
Vyacheslav Voronin
as Mokrytsky
Rayisa Nedashkivska
as Prychynna
Petro Vesklyarov
Mykola Yakovchenko
Nikolay Grinko
Lev Perfilov
as Kripak (serf)
Nikolay Pishvanov