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).

Cast

Ivan Mykolaichuk

Taras Shevchenko

Yuriy Leontyev

young Taras

Dmytro Milyutenko

Uncle Ivan

Nataliia Naum

Yadviha Husikovska

Mikhail Derzhavin

Karl Bryullov