Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors

Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors

A New Kind of Ukrainian Film...acclaimed around the world at all film festivals
19651h 36minDrama MoviesУкраїнський
7.6

Plot

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.

WriterIvan Chendej
DirectorSergei Parajanov
ActorIvan Mykolaichuk, Larysa Kadochnykova, Tatyana Bestayeva
CountrySoviet Union
ProductionDovzhenko Film Studios