A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
December 17, 1951
Original Title:
Тарас Шевченко
Alternate Titles:
De hårda åren
Gesprengte Fesseln
Széttört bilincsek
Taras Shevchenko
Taras Szewczenko
Tulisydän
Genres:
Drama | History
Production Companies:
Dovzhenko Film Studios
Production Countries:
Soviet Union
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 117
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.
Costume Design:
Tsuniya Mayer
Director:
Ihor Savchenko
Director of Photography:
Ivan Shekker
Daniil Demutsky
Arkadi Koltsaty
Original Music Composer:
Boris Lyatoshinsky
Production Design:
Levan Shengeliya
Screenplay:
Ihor Savchenko
Set Decoration:
Boris Nemechek
Levan Shengeliya
Sound Director:
Oleksandr Babiy
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