Publication
Imprint: New York : Kino International, 2008. Context: Originally produced as a motion picture in 1964. Responsibility: director, Sergo Paradjanov. Credits: director photography, W. Peter Iliff; director photography, Viktor Ilienko. Performer(s): Ivan Mikolaichuk, Larisa Kadochnikova, Tatania Bestaeva, Spartak Bagashvili. OCLC Number: 754506998. Language: Ukrainian with English subtitles. Physical: 1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. Features: Special Features: Documentary: Andrei Tarkovsky and Sergei Paradjanov (2003, 40 min.) - Featurette: Songs of the Ukraine (1985, 8 min.) - Paradjanov Photo Album - Stills Gallery - Cast & Crew Filmographies. DVD.
Call number
DVD / Front Desk
UPC
738329053321
Original publication date
1965-03-22
Collections
CSS Library Notes
Description: Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors is a boldly conceived and astonishingly photographed blend of enchanting mythology, hypnotic religious iconography, and pagan magic. And although its unsentimental depiction of the harsh realities of Russian regional history forced visionary director Sergei Pararadjanov (The Color of Pomegranates) into direct conflict with bureaucrats then controlling the Soviet film industry, the film became an international sensation when it was released in 1964. There is no devil in church, only among men. Deep 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. While young Ivan s mother mourns her husband s brutal murder, 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. Unhappily married to another woman and cursed by a sorcerer in this life, Ivan s obsession with his lost love lures him ever closer to a reunion with Marichka in death. In this DVD edition, Kino is proud to present one of the landmarks of 1960 s world cinema in a new widescreen transfer that restores Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors in all the extravagant color, vivid tragedy, and lucid anthropological detail that stunned audiences when it first premiered.
FY2012 / jvsn
FY2012 / jvsn
Physical description
4.75 inches
Description
In the Carpathian Mountains, a young man weds a woman he does not love after the death of his sweetheart. To try and gain his love, his wife resorts to witchcraft.
Original language
Ukrainian