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Feature film — 1965

Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (1965)

7.51h 36mDrama — Romance

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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Dovzhenko Film Studios

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Director: Sergei Parajanov

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Cast & crew

Ivan Mykolaichuk as Ivan Paliychuk

Ivan Mykolaichuk

Ivan Paliychuk

Larysa Kadochnykova as Marichka Gutenyuk

Larysa Kadochnykova

Marichka Gutenyuk

Tatyana Bestayeva as Palagna

Tatyana Bestayeva

Palagna

Mykola Hrynko as Batag

Mykola Hrynko

Batag

Spartak Bagashvili as Yurko Malfara

Spartak Bagashvili

Yurko Malfara

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Leonid Yengibarov

Miko

Nina Alisova as Paliychuk, Ivan's Mother

Nina Alisova

Paliychuk, Ivan's Mother

Oleksandr Hai as Petro Paliychuk

Oleksandr Hai

Petro Paliychuk

Neonila Hnepovska as Gutenyuk

Neonila Hnepovska

Gutenyuk

A

Aleksandr Raydanov

Onufriy Gutenyuk

I

Igor Dzyura

Young Ivan

V

Valentina Glinko

Young Marichka

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