Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (Film), released 1965 — adapted from Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors by Михайло Коцюбинський.
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.
Starring Ivan Mykolaichuk, Larysa Kadochnykova, Tatyana Bestayeva, Mykola Hrynko, Spartak Bagashvili.
Directed by Sergei Parajanov.
