A timeless Carpathian story - the young Ivan falls in love with the daughter of his father's killer among the Hutsul people of Ukraine.
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| Credited cast: | |||
| Ivan Mykolaichuk | ... | Ivan Paliychuk (as I. Mikoaychuk) | |
| Larisa Kadochnikova | ... | Marichka Gutenyuk (as L. Kadochnikova) | |
| Tatyana Bestayeva | ... | Palagna (as T. bestayeva) | |
| Spartak Bagashvili | ... | Yurko Malfara (as S. Bagashvili) | |
| Nikolay Grinko | ... | Batag (as M.Grinko) | |
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Leonid Yengibarov | ... | Miko (as L. Yengibarov) |
| Nina Alisova | ... | Paliychuk, maty Ivana (as N. Alisova) | |
| Aleksandr Gaj | ... | Paliychuk (as O. Gay) | |
| Neonila Gnepovskaya | ... | Gutenyuk (as N. Gnipovska) | |
| Aleksandr Raydanov | ... | Onufriy Gutenyuk (as O. Raydanov) | |
| Igor Dzyura | ... | Ivan v detstve (as I. Dzyura) | |
| Valentina Glinko | ... | Marichka v detstve (as V. Glyanko) | |
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O. Ryazanov | ||
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In a Carpathian village, Ivan falls in love with Marichka, the daughter of his father's killer. When tragedy befalls her, his grief lasts months; finally he rejoins the colorful life around him, marrying Palagna. She wants children but his mind stays on his lost love. To recapture his attention, Palagna tries sorcery, and in the process comes under the spell of the sorcerer, publicly humiliating Ivan, who then fights the sorcerer. The lively rhythms of village life, the work and the holidays, the pageant and revelry of weddings and funerals, the change of seasons, and nature's beauty give proportion to Ivan's tragedy. Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
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18 October 1965 (Soviet Union) See more »Also Known As:
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The first great film from the greatest director in post-war Soviet Union. The experience is almost like being strapped to a malfunctioning rollercoaster, as a relatively straightforward story - young man falls in love with neighbour; she dies; he mourns; remarries; still loves dead mate (Wuthering Heights anyone?) - is violently attacked by hurling camera movements that reveal the most vertiginous spaces, both exterior and interior; bizarre angles (eg from a falling tree); a restless mix of music from Kusturica-like horn blowers, shards of modernism and thrilling Romanticism; content that blends myth, dreams, legends, folk tales etc.; and editing that bewilders and disrupts rather than matches and connects. A brilliant recreation of a forgotten culture and times that was a dangerous two-fingers to totalitarianism.