Released
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
October 18 1965 (about 59 years ago)Rating
76
Based on
159 reviews
A New Kind of Ukrainian Film...acclaimed around the world at all film festivals
- Director: Sergei Parajanov
- Genres: Drama, Romance
- Runtime: 1 h 36 m
- Country: Soviet Union
- Company: Dovzhenko Film Studios
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.
