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Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors(1965)
Status: Released
Date: 1965-10-18
76%
177 Votes
Time: 1h 36m
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.
Languages: Ukrainian.
Countries:
Soviet Union
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
Top 10 Billed Cast
Іван Миколайчук
Ivan Paliychuk
Лариса Кадочникова
Marichka Gutenyuk
Татьяна Бестаева
Palagna
Микола Гринько
Batag
სპარტაკ ბაღაშვილი
Yurko Malfara
Leonid Yengibarov
Miko
Nina Alisova
Paliychuk, Ivan's Mother
Олександр Гай
Petro Paliychuk
Неоніла Гнеповська
Gutenyuk
Aleksandr Raydanov
Onufriy Gutenyuk
Video Trailer Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
Video: «Тіні забутих предків» Сергія Параджанова - трейлер від KyivMusicFilm
«Тіні забутих предків» Сергія Параджанова - трейлер від KyivMusicFilm
SHADOWS OF FORGOTTEN ANCESTORS Trailer | PÖFF 2018
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«Тіні забутих предків» Сергія Параджанова - трейлер від KyivMusicFilm - Trailer
SHADOWS OF FORGOTTEN ANCESTORS Trailer | PÖFF 2018 - Trailer
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