Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors

Name: Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
Director: Sergei Parajanov
Released: 1965-10-18
Duration: 96 min
Rating: 7.6
Cast: Ivan Mykolaichuk, Larysa Kadochnykova, Tatyana Bestayeva, Mykola Hrynko, Spartak Bagashvili

7.6

October 18, 1965

1h 36m

Drama Romance

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

Overview

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.