Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors

Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (1965)

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

Drama Romance

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.

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  • Release Date: 1965-10-18
  • Runtime: 1h 36min
  • Director: Sergei Parajanov

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    • Trailer

    Cast

    • Ivan Mykolaichuk

      Ivan Paliychuk

    • Larysa Kadochnykova

      Marichka Gutenyuk

    • Tatyana Bestayeva

      Palagna

    • Mykola Hrynko

      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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