π Overview:
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.
π Languages Available:
Russian
π Date Released:
1951-12-17
β Running Time:
117 mins
β Vote Average:
4.0
Beloved Cast
Taras Shevchenko
Sergei Bondarchuk
Nikolay Chernyshevsky
Vladimir Chestnokov
Nikolay Dobrolyubov
Nikolai Timofeyev
Mikhail Shchepkin
Hnat Yura
Zygmunt Sierakowski
Ivan Pereverzev
Yaryna Shevchenko
Natalya Uzhviy
Nikolay Speshnev
Evgeniy Samoylov
Skobelev
Mikhail Kuznetsov
Kurochkin
Aleksey Konsovskiy
Kosarev
Mark Bernes
Irakli Uskov
Dmytro Milyutenko
Agafia Uskova
Marianna Strizhenova
Nikolay Kostomarov
Lavrenti Masokha
Panteleimon Kulish
Pavel Shpringfeld
Leonty Dubelt
Mikhail Troyanovsky
Nicholas I / Alexander III
Mikhail Nazvanov
Pan Barabash
Aleksandr Khvylya
Pani Barabash
Garen Zhukovskaya
Evdokim Lukashevich
Mikhail Vysotsky
Provocateur
Gennadi Yudin
Obryadin
Leonid Kmit
Potapov
Aleksandr Baranov
Cameo
Vyacheslav Tikhonov