Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors

Directed by Sergei Parajanov

Written by Sergei Parajanov, Ivan Chendej, Mykhailo Kotsiubynskyi, Fyodor Manaylo, Oleksandr Syzonenko

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

Ivan Mykolaichuk

Ivan Paliychuk

Larisa Kadochnikova

Marichka Gutenyuk

Tatyana Bestayeva

Palagna

Mykola Hrynko

Batag

Spartak Bagashvili

Yurko Malfara

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Leonid Yengibarov

Miko

Nina Alisova

Paliychuk, Ivan's Mother

Oleksandr Hai

Petro Paliychuk

Neonila Hnepovska

Gutenyuk

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Aleksandr Raydanov

Onufriy Gutenyuk

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Igor Dzyura

Young Ivan

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Valentina Glinko

Young Marichka