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29 April 1966 (East Germany) more
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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... more | add synopsis
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Cast

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Ivan Mikolajchuk ... Ivan
Larisa Kadochnikova ... Marichka
Tatyana Bestayeva ... Palagna
Spartak Bagashvili ... Yurko
Nikolai Grinko ... Batag
Leonid Yengibarov ... Miko
Nina Alisova ... Paliychuk
Aleksandr Gaj ... Paliychuk (as O. Gaj)
Neonila Gnepovskaya ... Gutenyuk
A. Raydanov ... Gutenyuk
I. Dzyura ... Ivan as a Child
V. Glyanko ... Marichka as a Child
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O. Ryazanov
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Also Known As:
Тени забытых предков (Soviet Union: Russian title)
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (USA)
Shadows of Our Ancestors
Shadows of Our Forgotten Ancestors
Teni zabytykh predkov (Soviet Union: Russian title)
Wild Horses of Fire
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97 min
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Color (Sovcolor)
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1.33 : 1 more
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For decades it has been believed and written, most notably in the Film Encyclopedia by Ephraim Katz, that Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors won the British Academy Award until Sergei Parajanov disciple Martiros Vartanov obtained an official statement from British Academy of Film and Television Arts which said that the movie wasn't a BAFTA award recipient. more
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Crew or equipment visible: 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. more
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Referenced in Life as a Dream (2007) (V) more

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16 out of 22 people found the following review useful.
Magical, bewildering, essential., 6 March 2000
9/10
Author: berthe bovy (hitch1899_@hotmail.com) from paris, france

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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