
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).
Release Date: 12/12/1964
Runtime: 91 minutes
Languages: Ukrainian
Director: Volodymyr Denysenko
00Companies: Dovzhenko Film Studios
Countries: Soviet Union
Uncle Ivan

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