
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

Mykola Hrynko

Lev Perfilov
as Kripak (serf)

Nikolay Pishvanov
Dmitriy Kostenko
as Taras's ancestor