Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (1966)

  • TP
  • 03/23/1966 (FR)
  • Drama, Romance
  • 1h 36m

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

Overview

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.

Sergei Parajanov

Director, Writer

Ivan Chendej

Writer

Mykhailo Kotsiubynskyi

Novel

Cast

Ivan Mykolaichuk's headshot

Ivan Mykolaichuk

Ivan Paliychuk
Larysa Kadochnykova's headshot

Larysa Kadochnykova

Marichka Gutenyuk
Tatyana Bestayeva's headshot

Tatyana Bestayeva

Palagna
Nikolay Grinko's headshot

Nikolay Grinko

Batag
Spartak Bagashvili's headshot

Spartak Bagashvili

Yurko Malfara
Leonid Yengibarov's headshot

Leonid Yengibarov

Miko
Nina Alisova's headshot

Nina Alisova

Paliychuk, Ivan's Mother
Aleksandr Gai's headshot

Aleksandr Gai

Petro Paliychuk

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