Shadows of forgotten ancestors [DVD] / Kinostudiia imeni Oleksandra Dovzhenka.

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    • Abstract:
      Summary: 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.
    • Notes:
      Originally released as a motion picture in 1964.
      Based on the novel Tini zabutykh predkiv by Mykhaĭlo Kotsiubynskyĭ.
      Special features: documentary, Andrei Tarkovsky and Sergei Paradzhanov, Islands ; featurette: Songs ; Mikhail Kotsyubinsky biography ; filmographies ; stills gallery ; photo gallery.
      DVD, NTSC, aspect ratio 1.33:1, Dolby digital 5.1.
      In Ukranian with optional Russian voiceover soundtrack and subtitles in either English, French or Spanish.
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    • Other Titles:
      Tini zabutykh predkiv.
    • Accession Number:
      738329053321
    • Accession Number:
      191884009
    • Accession Number:
      ccp.948524