Movie·1965·1h 36m
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
Country
Soviet Union
Language
Ukrainian
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The Story
Original title: Тіні забутих предків
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.
Written By
Ivan Chendej
Cinematography
Yurii Illienko
Editor
Marfa Ponomarenko
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
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// cast
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)
// crew
Crew
Sergei Parajanov
Director, Writer
Ivan Chendej
Writer
Marfa Ponomarenko
Editor
Yurii Illienko
Director of Photography
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