Taras Shevchenko

Synopsis

Growing up in a Ukrainian peasant family, knowing all hardships of serf life, young artist and poet Taras Shevchenko in the years of study clearly identifies the meaning of true art, which is to serve the interests of the people. The poems of Shevchenko are imbued with love for the common people. Fiery freedom-loving creativity of Taras Shevchenko is known throughout Russia. Nicholas I exiles the poet to the distant Caspian fort where he is to serve as an ordinary soldier and is banned from writing or drawing. In the poet's difficult days he has the support of Ukrainian soldier Skobelev, Polish revolutionary Sierakowski, captain Kosarev and the commandant of the fortress, Uskov. For the sake of his release Chernyshevsky and Dobrolyubov are hard at work. And so, the sick and aged Shevchenko is finally free. Together with Chernyshevsky and Dobrolyubov, he dreams of a bright future of the motherland, when the Russian and Ukrainian peoples throw off the chains of slavery.

Main Cast

Sergey Bondarchuk

Taras Shevchenko

Age : 74 | Popularity : 5%

Vladimir Chestnokov

Nikolay Chernyshevsky

Age : 64 | Popularity : 7%

Nikolai Timofeyev

Nikolay Dobrolyubov

Age : 77 | Popularity : 3%

Hnat Yura

Mikhail Shchepkin

Age : 78 | Popularity : 3%

Ivan Pereverzev

Zygmunt Sierakowski

Age : 63 | Popularity : 3%

Natalia Uzhviy

Yaryna Shevchenko

Age : 87 | Popularity : 3%

Evgeniy Samoylov

Nikolay Speshnev

Age : 93 | Popularity : 7%

Mikhail Kuznetsov

Skobelev

Age : 68 | Popularity : 8%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Screenplay	Igor Savchenko
Directing	Director	Igor Savchenko
Camera	Director of Photography	Arkadi Koltsaty Danylo Demutskyi Ivan Shekker
Art	Set Decoration	Boris Nemechek Levan Shengeliya
	Production Design	Levan Shengeliya
Sound	Original Music Composer	Boris Lyatoshinsky
	Sound Director	Oleksandr Babiy
Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	Tsuniya Mayer
Department	Role	Name

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