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Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors

Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors

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

Genres

DramaRomance

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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.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Ukrainian

Runtime

96 mins

Rating

7.6/10

Release Date

18 October 1965

Country

Soviet Union

Cast

Ivan Mykolaichuk

Ivan Mykolaichuk

Ivan Paliychuk

Larysa Kadochnykova

Larysa Kadochnykova

Marichka Gutenyuk

Tatyana Bestayeva

Tatyana Bestayeva

Palagna

Nikolay Grinko

Nikolay Grinko

Batag

Spartak Bagashvili

Spartak Bagashvili

Yurko Malfara

Leonid Yengibarov

Leonid Yengibarov

Miko

Nina Alisova

Nina Alisova

Paliychuk, Ivan's Mother

Oleksandr Hai

Oleksandr Hai

Petro Paliychuk

Neonila Hnepovska

Neonila Hnepovska

Gutenyuk

Aleksandr Raydanov

Aleksandr Raydanov

Onufriy Gutenyuk

Igor Dzyura

Igor Dzyura

Young Ivan

Valentina Glinko

Valentina Glinko

Young Marichka

Aleksey Borzunov

Aleksey Borzunov

Narrator (voice)

Natalia Kandyba

Natalia Kandyba

Ganna Paliychuk (voice)

Suren Parajanov

Suren Parajanov

Child (uncredited)

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