Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors

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

Cast

Ivan Mykolaichuk

Ivan Paliychuk

Larysa Kadochnykova

Marichka Gutenyuk

Tatyana Bestayeva

Palagna

Mykola Hrynko

Batag

Spartak Bagashvili

Yurko Malfara

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Leonid Yengibarov

Miko

Nina Alisova

Paliychuk, Ivan's Mother

Oleksandr Hai

Petro Paliychuk