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).
Іван Миколайчук
as Taras Shevchenko
Yuriy Leontyev
as young Taras
Дмитрий Милютенко
as Uncle Ivan
Наталія Наум
as Yadviha Husikovska
Михаил Державин
as Karl Bryullov
Костянтин Степанков
as Soshenko
Vasyl Dashenko
as Venetsianov
Дмитро Франько
as Vasyl Zhukovsky
Іван Кононенко-Козельський
as Hryhorovych
Vladimir Goncharov
as Engelhardt
Mykola Talyura
as Shyryayev
Ефим Копелян
as Prekhtel
