Drama History
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.
Directed by
Ihor Savchenko
Vyacheslav Tikhonov
Cameo
Aleksandr Khvylya
Pan Barabash
Mikhail Troyanovsky
Leonty Dubelt
Nikolai Timofeyev
Nikolay Dobrolyubov
Mikhail Kuznetsov
Skobelev
Aleksey Konsovskiy
Kurochkin
Mikhail Nazvanov
Nicholas I / Alexander III
Mark Bernes
Kosarev
Vladimir Chestnokov
Nikolay Chernyshevsky
Aleksandr Baranov
Potapov
Ivan Pereverzev
Zygmunt Sierakowski
Hnat Yura
Mikhail Shchepkin
Leonid Kmit
Obryadin
Dmytro Milyutenko
Irakli Uskov
Gennadi Yudin
Provocateur
Garen Zhukovskaya
Pani Barabash
Marianna Strizhenova
Agafia Uskova
Mikhail Vysotsky
Evdokim Lukashevich
Natalya Uzhviy
Yaryna Shevchenko
Pavel Shpringfeld
Panteleimon Kulish
Lavrenti Masokha
Nikolay Kostomarov
Evgeniy Samoylov
Nikolay Speshnev

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