Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors 1965 Directed by Sergei Parajanov Тіні забутих предків
A New Kind of Ukrainian Film...acclaimed around the world at all film festivals
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.
Country
Soviet Union
Production Country
Soviet Union
Production Company
Dovzhenko Film Studios
Release Date 18 October 1965
96 mins
Cast
Ivan Mykolaichuk
Ivan Paliychuk
Larysa Kadochnykova
Marichka Gutenyuk
Tatyana Bestayeva
Palagna
Nikolay Grinko
Batag
Spartak Bagashvili
Yurko Malfara
Leonid Yengibarov
Miko
Nina Alisova
Paliychuk, Ivan's Mother
Oleksandr Hai
Petro Paliychuk
Neonila Hnepovska
Gutenyuk
Aleksandr Raydanov
Onufriy Gutenyuk
Igor Dzyura
Young Ivan
Valentina Glinko
Young Marichka
Aleksey Borzunov
Narrator (voice)
Natalia Kandyba
Ganna Paliychuk (voice)
Suren Parajanov
Child (uncredited)
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