A Dream / Son

Year:

1964

Studio:

Ukrainian SSR, Oleksandr Dovzhenko Film Studio

Duration:

80 min

Director:

Volodymyr Denysenko

Writer:

Dmytro Pavlychko, Volodymyr Denysenko

Cinematographer:

Mykhailo Chornyi

Cast:

Ivan Mykolaichuk, Yura Leontiev, Dmytro Miliutenko, Nataliia Naum, Kostiantyn Stepankov, Mikhil Derzhavin, Vasyl Dashenko, Dmytro Franko, Ivan Kononenko, Volodymyr Honcharov, Yukhym Kopelian, Raisa Nedashkivska

A biographical film about the poet Taras Shevchenko, which tells the story of his life from childhood to exile. The plot is based simultaneously on the poem “Dream”, Shevchenko’s memories after interrogation, his fantasies, visions and events that took place in the history of Ukraine.