Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors

Oct 18, 1965

1h 36m

★ 7.6

A New Kind of Ukrainian Film...acclaimed around the world at all film festivals

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Dovzhenko Film Studios

Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors Trailers

Cast

Ivan Paliychuk

Ivan Mykolaichuk

Marichka Gutenyuk

Larysa Kadochnykova

Palagna

Tatyana Bestayeva

Batag

Mykola Hrynko

Yurko Malfara

Spartak Bagashvili

Miko

Leonid Yengibarov

Paliychuk, Ivan's Mother

Nina Alisova

Petro Paliychuk

Oleksandr Hai

Gutenyuk

Neonila Hnepovska

Onufriy Gutenyuk

Aleksandr Raydanov

Young Ivan

Igor Dzyura

Young Marichka

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