Shadows of Our Forgotten Ancestors

AKA:

Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors

Release Date:

Mar 16, 1967

Running Time:

1:40

Genre:

Drama

Director:

Sergei Parajanov

Cast:

Ivan Mikolaichuk	Ivan
Larisa Kadochnikova	Marichka
Spartak Bagashvili	Yurko
Nikolai Grinko	Batag
Leonid Engibarov	Miko
Nina Alisova	Paliychuk
Aleksandr Gaj	Paliychuk

Writers:

Ivan Chendej, Mikhaylo Mikhaylovich Koysyubinskiy, Sergei Parajanov

Language:

English

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Ivan is madly in love with his childhood sweetheart, Marichka . The two, who are also neighbors, have formed an inseparable bond over the years, despite the rift that divides their families: her father murdered his father. Ivan intends to marry his beloved, but is forced to leave town in order to earn a suitable dowry. Once he departs, he endures a series of hurdles and tragedies that complicates the impending union -- only to return to further tragedy.

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