Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors

Name: Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: 1965-10-18
Duration: 96 min
Rating: 7.6
Cast: Ivan Mykolaichuk, Larysa Kadochnykova, Tatyana Bestayeva, Mykola Hrynko, Spartak Bagashvili

"A New Kind of Ukrainian Film...acclaimed around the world at all film festivals"

7.6(180 votes)

1h 36m

October 18, 1965

DramaRomance

Overview

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.