Taras's Dream

Overview

Propaganda movie. Contrasting the cruel orders of the tsarist army with the conditions of service in the Red Army. Taras, a Red Army soldier, accidentally finds a bottle of moonshine. Being tempted, he gets drunk and falls asleep. In his dream Taras sees himself as a soldier of the tsar's army. Having left his post arbitrarily, he finds himself in the apartment of a frivolous girl and here he meets a general.

Directed by Yuri Zhelyabuzhsky

Top cast

V

V. Ryabtsov

Taras

I

I. Shevchenko

Red general

D

Dmitry Gundurov

The general

Anatoli Nelidov

The sergeant major

L

L. Danilov

The non-com officer

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