
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
A New Kind of Ukrainian Film...acclaimed around the world at all film festivals
1965 uk 96 minutes
Rating: 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.
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Cast

Ivan Mykolaichuk
Ivan Paliychuk

Larysa Kadochnykova
Marichka Gutenyuk

Tatyana Bestayeva
Palagna

Nikolay Grinko
Batag

Spartak Bagashvili
Yurko Malfara

Leonid Yengibarov
Miko

Nina Alisova
Paliychuk, Ivan's Mother

Oleksandr Hai
Petro Paliychuk

Neonila Hnepovska
Gutenyuk

Aleksandr Raydanov
Onufriy Gutenyuk

Igor Dzyura
Young Ivan

Valentina Glinko
Young Marichka

Aleksey Borzunov
Narrator (voice)

Natalia Kandyba
Ganna Paliychuk (voice)

Suren Parajanov
Child (uncredited)