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Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (1965)

7.6 | Oct 18, 1965 (SU) | Drama, Romance | 01:36

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

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.

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Ivan Mykolaichuk
Ivan Paliychuk
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Larysa Kadochnykova
Marichka Gutenyuk
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Spartak Bagashvili
Yurko Malfara
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Nina Alisova
Paliychuk, Ivan's Mother
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Oleksandr Hai
Petro Paliychuk
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Aleksandr Raydanov
Onufriy Gutenyuk