Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
1965In 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.
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Ivan Mykolaichuk
as Ivan Paliychuk
Larysa Kadochnykova
as Marichka Gutenyuk
Tatyana Bestayeva
as Palagna
Nikolay Grinko
as Batag
Spartak Bagashvili
as Yurko Malfara
Leonid Yengibarov
as Miko
Nina Alisova
as Paliychuk, Ivan's Mother
Oleksandr Hai
as Petro Paliychuk
Neonila Hnepovska
as Gutenyuk
Aleksandr Raydanov
as Onufriy Gutenyuk
Igor Dzyura
as Young Ivan
Valentina Glinko
as Young Marichka
Aleksey Borzunov
as Narrator (voice)
Natalia Kandyba
as Ganna Paliychuk (voice)
Suren Parajanov
as Child (uncredited)