
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).
Taras Shevchenko

young Taras

Uncle Ivan

Yadviha Husikovska

Karl Bryullov

Soshenko

Venetsianov

Vasyl Zhukovsky

Hryhorovych

Engelhardt

Shyryayev

Prekhtel

Nicholas I

Tsar Alexander I

Dubelt

Mokrytsky

Prychynna

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Kripak (serf)

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Taras's ancestor