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1965

Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors

Directed by Sergei Parajanov
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.

Duration

1h 36m

Released

October 18, 1965

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Cast15

  • Ivan Mykolaichuk
  • Larysa Kadochnykova
  • Tatyana Bestayeva
  • Nikolay Grinko
  • Spartak Bagashvili
  • Leonid Yengibarov
  • Nina Alisova
  • Oleksandr Hai
  • Neonila Hnepovska

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