
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (1965)
7.6|18 Oct, 1965|96 min
A New Kind of Ukrainian Film...acclaimed around the world at all film festivals
7.6|18 Oct, 1965|96 min
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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.
Keywords
based on novel or book
sorcery
forbidden love
rivalry
sorcerer
star crossed lovers
carpathians
rusyn
Casts

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)
Crews

Ivan Chendej
Writer
Lidiya Baikova
Costume Design
Viktor Bestayev
Cinematography

Heorhiy Yakutovych
Production Design

Sergei Parajanov
Director

Mikhail Rakovskiy
Production Design

Sergei Parajanov
Writer

Myroslav Skoryk
Music

Mykhailo Kotsiubynskyi
Novel
Volodymyr Shikin
Makeup Artist
Vladimir Lugovskiy
Assistant Director
Sofiya Sergiyenko
Sound Engineer
Marfa Ponomarenko
Editor

Yurii Illienko
Director of Photography
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