A Dream

A Dream

91 mins | Drama, History | Dec. 12, 1964

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).

A Dream

91 mins | Drama, History | Dec. 12, 1964

A Dream
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).
Producers Dovzhenko Film Studios
Original title Сон
Directors Volodymyr Denysenko
Writers Dmytro Pavlychko, Volodymyr Denysenko

Cast

Ivan Mykolaichuk

as Taras Shevchenko

Yuriy Leontyev

as young Taras

Dmitri Milyutenko

as Uncle Ivan

Nataliya Naum

as Yadviha Husikovska

Mikhail Derzhavin

as Karl Bryullov

Kostiantyn Stepankov

as Soshenko

Vasyl Dashenko

as Venetsianov

Dmitri Franko

as Vasyl Zhukovsky

Ivan Kononenko-Kozelskyi

as Hryhorovych

Volodymyr Honcharov

as Engelhardt

Mykola Talyura

as Shyryayev

Efim Kopelyan

as Prekhtel

Vladislav Strzhelchik

as Nicholas I

Anatoliy Ivanov

as Tsar Alexander I

Vladimir Belokurov

as Dubelt

Vyacheslav Voronin

as Mokrytsky

Rayisa Nedashkivska

as Prychynna

Lev Perfilov

as Kripak (serf)