Plot Summary

The film adaptation of Taras Shevchenko’s biography of 1925 is the first Ukrainian biopic. At that time, it was one of the most expensive films, as for the first time experts in history, ethnography, and literary studies were involved in pre-production. Consisting of numerous short stories, the film that shows the life of Shevchenko as an adolescent, a soldier, a poet, was successfully demonstrated in Ukraine and abroad and became the most acknowledged cinema project of 1926.

Movie Details

Original Title
Тарас Шевченко
Status
released
Original Language
uk

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Cast

Amvrosii Buchma as Taras Shevchenko

Amvrosii Buchma

Taras Shevchenko

Vasyl Liudvynskyi as Taras in childhood

Vasyl Liudvynskyi

Taras in childhood

Nikolai Panov as Taras's father

Nikolai Panov

Taras's father

Matviy Lyarov as Engelhardt, landowner

Matviy Lyarov

Engelhardt, landowner

Ivan Zamychkovskyi as Shchepkin, actor

Ivan Zamychkovskyi

Shchepkin, actor

Boris Lesovoy as Zhukovskiy, poet

Boris Lesovoy

Zhukovskiy, poet

Volodymyr Lisovskyi as General

Volodymyr Lisovskyi

General

Ivan Khudoleyev as Nicholas I

Ivan Khudoleyev

Nicholas I

Viktor Dobrovolsky as Alexander II

Viktor Dobrovolsky

Alexander II

Arkadiy Malskiy as Deacon

Arkadiy Malskiy

Deacon

Musiy Dzhura as Taras's grandfather

Musiy Dzhura

Taras's grandfather

Yurii Shumskyi as

Yurii Shumskyi

Ivan Kapralov as

Ivan Kapralov

Natalya Uzhviy as

Natalya Uzhviy

A. Ostashevsky as

A. Ostashevsky

K. Keleynikov as

K. Keleynikov

A. Lyarova as

A. Lyarova

Production Companies

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