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Taras Shevchenko is a 1951 Soviet biopic about the Ukrainian writer Taras Shevchenko, written and directed by Igor Savchenko. The New York Times praised the acting of Sergei Bondarchuk.
Original Release
12/17/1951
US Release
07/26/1952
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Sergey Bondarchuk | Taras Shevchenko |
| Ivan Pereverzev | Sigizmund Ignatyevich Serakovsky / Zygmunt Sierakowski |
| Pavel Shpringfeld | Pantoleimon Kulish / Panteleimon Kulish |
| Mikhail Nazvanov | Czar Nikolai I / Nicholas I / Alexander III |
| Aleksandr Khvylya | Lord Barabash / Pan Barabash |
| Leonid Kmit | Capt. Obryadin / Obryadin |
| Vladimir Chestnokov | Nikolai Gregoryevich Chernyshevsky / Nikolay Chernyshevsky |
| Nikolai Timofeyev | Nikolai Aleksandrovich Dobrolyubov / Nikolay Dobrolyubov |
| Nikolay Grinko | (as N. Grinko) |
| Vyacheslav Tikhonov | Petersburg Youth Representative / Cameo |
Directors
Aleksandr Alov, Vladimir Naumov, Igor Savchenko
Writers
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Sergey Bondarchuk | Taras Shevchenko |
| Ivan Pereverzev | Sigizmund Ignatyevich Serakovsky / Zygmunt Sierakowski |
| Pavel Shpringfeld | Pantoleimon Kulish / Panteleimon Kulish |
| Mikhail Nazvanov | Czar Nikolai I / Nicholas I / Alexander III |
| Aleksandr Khvylya | Lord Barabash / Pan Barabash |
| Leonid Kmit | Capt. Obryadin / Obryadin |
| Vladimir Chestnokov | Nikolai Gregoryevich Chernyshevsky / Nikolay Chernyshevsky |
| Nikolai Timofeyev | Nikolai Aleksandrovich Dobrolyubov / Nikolay Dobrolyubov |
| Nikolay Grinko | (as N. Grinko) |
| Vyacheslav Tikhonov | Petersburg Youth Representative / Cameo |
| Vladimir Soshalsky | (as V. Soshalsky) |
| Mikhail Vysotsky | Lukashevich / Evdokim Lukashevich |
| Hnat Yura | Shchepkin / Mikhail Shchepkin |
| Stepan Shkurat | The Old Balladeer |
| Natalya Uzhviy | Yarina Shevchenko / Yaryna Shevchenko |
| Evgeniy Samoylov | Nikolay Aleksandrovich Speshnev / Nikolay Speshnev |
| Mikhail Kuznetsov | Pvt. Skobelev / Skobelev |
| Lavrenti Masokha | Prof. Kostomarov / Nikolay Kostomarov |
| Mark Bernes | Captain Kosarev / Kosarev |
| Aleksandr Baranov | Potapov |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| A. Faiziel | Producer |
