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Taras Shevchenko

1926

185 minutes

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Overview

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.

Top Cast

Amvrosii Buchma headshot

Amvrosii Buchma

Taras Shevchenko

Vasyl Liudvynskyi headshot

Vasyl Liudvynskyi

Taras in childhood

Nikolai Panov headshot

Nikolai Panov

Taras's father

Matviy Lyarov headshot

Matviy Lyarov

Engelhardt, landowner

Ivan Zamychkovskyi headshot

Ivan Zamychkovskyi

Shchepkin, actor

Boris Lesovoy headshot

Boris Lesovoy

Zhukovskiy, poet

Volodymyr Lisovskyi headshot

Volodymyr Lisovskyi

General

Ivan Khudoleyev headshot

Ivan Khudoleyev

Nicholas I

Viktor Dobrovolsky headshot

Viktor Dobrovolsky

Alexander II

Arkadiy Malskiy headshot

Arkadiy Malskiy

Deacon

Musiy Dzhura headshot

Musiy Dzhura

Taras's grandfather

Yurii Shumskyi headshot

Yurii Shumskyi

Ivan Kapralov headshot

Ivan Kapralov

Nataliia Uzhvii headshot

Nataliia Uzhvii

A. Ostashevsky headshot

A. Ostashevsky

K. Keleynikov headshot

K. Keleynikov

A. Lyarova headshot

A. Lyarova