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).
Director
Volodymyr Denysenko
Ivan Mykolaichuk
Taras Shevchenko
Yuriy Leontyev
young Taras
Dmytro Milyutenko
Uncle Ivan
Nataliia Naum
Yadviha Husikovska
Mikhail Derzhavin
Karl Bryullov
Kostiantyn Stepankov
Soshenko
Vasyl Dashenko
Venetsianov
Dmytro Franko
Vasyl Zhukovsky
Ivan Kononenko-Kozelskyi
Hryhorovych
Vladimir Goncharov
Engelhardt
Mykola Talyura
Shyryayev
Efim Kopelyan
Prekhtel
Vladislav Strzhelchik
Nicholas I
Anatoliy Ivanov
Tsar Alexander I
Vladimir Belokurov
Dubelt
SU
