Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (1965)
"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.
Top 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
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Igor Dzyura
Young Ivan
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Valentina Glinko
Young Marichka
Aleksey Borzunov
Narrator (voice)
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Natalia Kandyba
Ganna Paliychuk (voice)
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Suren Parajanov
Child (uncredited)
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