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Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors

Original title: Tini zabutykh predkiv
  • 19651965
  • 1h 37m
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7.8/10
7.6K
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Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (1965)
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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A timeless Carpathian story - the young Ivan falls in love with the daughter of his father's killer among the Hutsul people of Ukraine.A timeless Carpathian story - the young Ivan falls in love with the daughter of his father's killer among the Hutsul people of Ukraine.A timeless Carpathian story - the young Ivan falls in love with the daughter of his father's killer among the Hutsul people of Ukraine.
IMDb RATING
7.8/10
7.6K
YOUR RATING
    • Sergei Parajanov
    • Ivan Chendej(screenplay)
    • Mikhail Kotsyubinskiy(based on novel by)
    • Sergei Parajanov(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Ivan Mikolaychuk
    • Larisa Kadochnikova
    • Tatyana Bestayeva
    • Sergei Parajanov
    • Ivan Chendej(screenplay)
    • Mikhail Kotsyubinskiy(based on novel by)
    • Sergei Parajanov(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Ivan Mikolaychuk
    • Larisa Kadochnikova
    • Tatyana Bestayeva
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    • 47User reviews
    • 40Critic reviews
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    Tatyana Bestayeva in Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (1965)
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    Tatyana Bestayeva and Ivan Mikolaychuk in Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (1965)
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    Ivan Mikolaychuk
    Ivan Mikolaychuk
    • Ivan Paliychuk
    • (as I. Mykolaichuk)
    Larisa Kadochnikova
    Larisa Kadochnikova
    • Marichka Gutenyuk
    • (as L. Kadochnykova)
    Tatyana Bestayeva
    Tatyana Bestayeva
    • Palagna
    • (as T. Bestayeva)
    Spartak Bagashvili
    Spartak Bagashvili
    • Yurko Malfar
    • (as S. Bagashvili)
    Nikolay Grinko
    Nikolay Grinko
    • Vatag
    • (as M. Grynko)
    Leonid Yengibarov
    • Myko
    • (as L. Yengibarov)
    Nina Alisova
    Nina Alisova
    • Mother of Ivan
    • (as N. Alisova)
    Aleksandr Gai
    Aleksandr Gai
    • Father of Ivan
    • (as O. Gai)
    Neonila Gnepovskaya
    Neonila Gnepovskaya
    • Mother of Marichka
    • (as N. Gnipovska)
    Aleksandr Raydanov
    Aleksandr Raydanov
    • Father of Marichka
    • (as O. Raydanov)
    Igor Dzyura
    Igor Dzyura
    • Ivan as a child
    • (as I. Dzyura)
    Valentina Glinko
    Valentina Glinko
    • Marichka as a child
    • (as V. Glyanko)
      • Sergei Parajanov
      • Ivan Chendej(screenplay)
      • Mikhail Kotsyubinskiy(based on novel by)
      • Sergei Parajanov(screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      For decades it has been believed that "Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors" won the British Academy Award. This was most notably stated in the famous "Film Encyclopedia" by Ephraim Katz. Recently, however, the disciple of Sergei Parajanov, Martiros Vartanov, obtained on official confirmation from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), which stated that the movie was not a BAFTA award recipient; although in 1965 the film won the Grand Prix at the Mar del Plata International Film Festival and a record number of other awards on the festival circuit.
    • Goofs
      When the two children run down the hill to have a bath in the river, the entire camera rig, including the operator, can be seen in a shadow on the ground.
    • Crazy credits
      "This film is a poetic drama about the great love of Ivan and Marichka. The film introduces us to the world of folk tales, customs and life of the old Carpathians."
    • Connections
      Featured in Fejezetek a film történetéböl: A szovjet film 1953-1970 (1990)

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    9/10
    Magical, bewildering, essential.
    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.
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    • alice liddell
    • Mar 6, 2000

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    • Release date
      • September 4, 1965 (Soviet Union)
      • Soviet Union
      • Dovzhenko Center (Ukraine)
      • English
      • Ukrainian
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    • Filming locations
      • Ukraine
    • Production company
      • Dovzhenko Film Studios
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    • 1 hour 37 minutes
      • Mono

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