
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).

as Taras Shevchenko

as young Taras

as Uncle Ivan

as Yadviha Husikovska

as Karl Bryullov

as Soshenko

as Venetsianov

as Vasyl Zhukovsky

as Hryhorovych

as Engelhardt

as Shyryayev

as Prekhtel

as Nicholas I

as Tsar Alexander I

as Dubelt

as Mokrytsky

as Prychynna




as Kripak (serf)


as Taras's ancestor

as Orlov