based on novel or book,sorcery,forbidden love,rivalry,sorcerer,star crossed lovers,carpathians,rusyn

Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (1965)

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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.

Cast & Crew

Director
Sergei Parajanov
  • Profile picture of Ivan Mykolaichuk
    Ivan Paliychuk Ivan Mykolaichuk
  • Profile picture of Larysa Kadochnykova
    Marichka Gutenyuk Larysa Kadochnykova
  • Profile picture of Tatyana Bestayeva
    Palagna Tatyana Bestayeva
  • Profile picture of Nikolay Grinko
    Batag Nikolay Grinko
  • Profile picture of Spartak Bagashvili
    Yurko Malfara Spartak Bagashvili
  • Profile picture of Leonid Yengibarov
    Miko Leonid Yengibarov
  • Profile picture of Nina Alisova
    Paliychuk, Ivan's Mother Nina Alisova
  • Profile picture of Oleksandr Hai
    Petro Paliychuk Oleksandr Hai

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Keywords

  • based on novel or book
  • sorcery
  • forbidden love
  • rivalry
  • sorcerer
  • star crossed lovers
  • carpathians
  • rusyn