Shadows of forgotten ancestors Tini zabutykh predkiv
(DVD)

Based on the novel Tini zabutykh predkiv / [by] Mykhaĭlo Kot︠s︡i︠u︡bynsʹkyĭ.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1964.

Special features: documentary, Andrei Tarkovsky and Sergei Paradzhanov, Islands ; featurette: Songs ; Mikhail Kotsyubinsky biography ; filmographies ; stills gallery ; photo gallery.

Title from disc label.

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.

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.

Home use only.

DVD ; full screen presentation.

Includes audio tracks in Ukranian with optional subtitles in English, French and Spanish.