TMDb Rating
7.6/10
176 verified votes
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (1965)
DramaRomance
96 min
"A New Kind of Ukrainian Film...acclaimed around the world at all film festivals"
Plot Summary
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.
Director
Sergei Parajanov
Top Cast
Ivan MykolaichukLarysa KadochnykovaTatyana BestayevaMykola HrynkoSpartak Bagashvili
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