Drama ·Romance · Soviet Union · 1965 · 1h 36m

Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors

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Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors poster
Director
Sergei Parajanov
Cast
Ivan Mykolaichuk as Ivan Paliychuk Larysa Kadochnykova as Marichka Gutenyuk Tatyana Bestayeva as Palagna Mykola Hrynko as Batag Spartak Bagashvili as Yurko Malfara Leonid Yengibarov as Miko
Crew
Yurii Illienko — Director of Photography Marfa Ponomarenko — Editor Ivan Chendej — Writer Sergei Parajanov — Writer Mykhailo Kotsiubynskyi — Novel Heorhiy Yakutovych — Production Design
Tagline

A New Kind of Ukrainian Film...acclaimed around the world at all film festivals

Synopsis

In the Carpathian Mountains of 19th-century Ukraine, love, hate, life and death among the Hutsul people are as they’ve been since time began. Ivan is drawn to Marichka, the beautiful young daughter of the man who killed his father. But fate tragically decrees that the two lovers will remain apart.

Trailer Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
based on novel or booksorceryforbidden loverivalrysorcererstar crossed loverscarpathiansrusyn
Key Collaborators
Sergei Parajanov Director Yurii Illienko Director of Photography Marfa Ponomarenko Editor Ivan Chendej Writer Sergei Parajanov Writer Mykhailo Kotsiubynskyi Novel Heorhiy Yakutovych Production Design Mikhail Rakovskiy Production Design Lidiya Baikova Costume Design
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