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Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors

Name: Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
Director: Sergei Parajanov
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: 1965
Rating: 7.5
Cast: Ivan Mykolaichuk, Larysa Kadochnykova, Tatyana Bestayeva, Mykola Hrynko, Spartak Bagashvili

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.

1965 · Directed by Sergei Parajanov · 96 min · Drama · Romance · 19 frames

Crew

Written by: Ivan Chendej, Sergei Parajanov
Cinematography: Yurii Illienko
Edited by: Marfa Ponomarenko
Music: Myroslav Skoryk
Production design: Heorhiy Yakutovych, Mikhail Rakovskiy

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
Nina Alisova as Paliychuk, Ivan's Mother
Oleksandr Hai as Petro Paliychuk
Neonila Hnepovska as Gutenyuk
Aleksandr Raydanov as Onufriy Gutenyuk

Production

Country: Soviet Union
Language: Ukrainian
Studios: Dovzhenko Film Studios
Themes: based on novel or book, sorcery, forbidden love, rivalry, sorcerer, star crossed lovers, carpathians, rusyn

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