Shadows of forgotten ancestors = Tini zabutykh predkiv [videorecording] / Kinostudii︠a︡ imeni Oleksandra Dovz︠h︡enka ; [directed by] Sergeĭ Paradzhanov ; [screenplay by] Sergeĭ Paradzhanov, Ivan Chendeĭ.

[New York] : Kino International, [2007]

1 videodisc (ca. 92 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

A deeply heartfelt story set during the early part of the 20th century in the Ukrainian Carpathians, centering on Ivan whose life is marked with sadness. First his brother is killed while saving him from a falling tree. Then his father is murdered, forcing Ivan and his mother to live in poverty. He falls in love with Marichka, the daughter of the man responsible for his father's death. Marichka drowns rescuing a lamb from a river, but Ivan remains devoted to her. He marries another, but he finds no solace in their childless marriage and his wife Palagna, seeing that their union is doomed, turns to the sorcerer Yurko. In a tragic struggle Yurko kills Ivan, and the whole village mourns his death.

Images / Video & Film

Ukrainian; Russian

March 17, 2008

Director of photography, I︠U︡riĭ Ille̕nko ; editor, M. Ponomarenko ; music, Myroslav Skoryk.

I. Mykolaĭchuk, L. Kadochnykova, T. Bestai︠e︡va, S. Bahashvili, L. Ėngibarov, N. Alisova, A. Gaĭ, N. Gnipovsʹka, O. Raĭdanov, I. Dzi︠u︡ra, V. Gli︠a︡nʹko.

DVD, NTSC, aspect ratio 1.33:1, Dolby digital 5.1.

K533 Kino International

Feature films.