

Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
Visit website7.6/10 • 163
1965-10-18 • 1h 36m
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.
- Directors
- Sergei Parajanov
- Writters
- Sergei Parajanov, Ivan Chendej
- Editors
- Sergei Parajanov, Ivan Chendej, Marfa Ponomarenko

Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
Visit website1965-10-18 • 1h 36m
7.6/10 • 163
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.
- Directors
- Sergei Parajanov
- Writters
- Sergei Parajanov, Ivan Chendej
- Editors
- Sergei Parajanov, Ivan Chendej, Marfa Ponomarenko
Top Billed Cast
View CreditsIvan 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
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- Original Language
- Ukrainian
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- Keywords
- based on novel or booksorceryforbidden loverivalrysorcererstar crossed loverscarpathiansrusyn