Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (1965)
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.
Director: Sergei Parajanov
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Ivan Mykolaichuk as Ivan Paliychuk |
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Larysa Kadochnykova as Marichka Gutenyuk |
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Tatyana Bestayeva as Palagna |
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Mykola Hrynko as Batag |
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Spartak Bagashvili as Yurko Malfara |
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Leonid Yengibarov as Miko |
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Nina Alisova as Paliychuk, Ivan's Mother |
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Oleksandr Hai as Petro Paliychuk |
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Neonila Hnepovska as Gutenyuk |
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Aleksandr Raydanov as Onufriy Gutenyuk |
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Igor Dzyura as Young Ivan |
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Valentina Glinko as Young Marichka |
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Aleksey Borzunov as Narrator (voice) |
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Natalia Kandyba as Ganna Paliychuk (voice) |
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Suren Parajanov as Child (uncredited) |
| Directing | Sergei Parajanov | Director |
| Writing | Sergei Parajanov | Writer |
| Writing | Ivan Chendej | Writer |
| Art | Mikhail Rakovskiy | Production Design |
| Art | Heorhiy Yakutovych | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lidiya Baikova | Costume Design |
| Writing | Mykhailo Kotsiubynskyi | Novel |
| Costume & Make-Up | Volodymyr Shikin | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Vladimir Lugovskiy | Assistant Director |
| Editing | Marfa Ponomarenko | Editor |
| Camera | Yurii Illienko | Director of Photography |
| Art | Pyotr Maksimenko | Set Decoration |
| Sound | Myroslav Skoryk | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Sofiya Sergiyenko | Sound Director |
| Camera | Volodymyr Davydov | Camera Operator |
| Camera | F. Rzheshutek | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Valery Shuvalov | Assistant Camera |
| Directing | M. Gorokhovskiy | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | L. Kustova | Second Assistant Director |
| Writing | Fyodor Manaylo | Script Consultant |
| Production | N. Yurieva | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Oleksandr Syzonenko | Script Editor |
| Sound | Stepan Turchak | Conductor |