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title: 'Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (1964)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Sergei Parajanov'
released: '1964-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 95
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'Soviet Union'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/shadows-of-forgotten-ancestors-1964'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058642/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (1964)

1964 · 95 min · Drama, Romance · Soviet Union

Original title: Тіні забутих предків

## Synopsis

Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors, alternatively translated into English as Shadows of Our Forgotten Ancestors or Shadows of Our Ancestors, also known in English under the alternative title Wild Horses of Fire and under the mistaken title of In the Shadow of the Past, is a 1965 Soviet-era Ukrainian film directed by Sergei Parajanov. Based on the 1911 novel Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors by Ukrainian author Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky, it tells a "Romeo and Juliet tale" of young Ukrainian Hutsul lovers trapped on opposite sides of a Carpathian family blood feud.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Sergei Parajanov](https://cinepixo.com/people/sergei-parajanov)
- **Screenplay:** [Sergei Parajanov](https://cinepixo.com/people/sergei-parajanov), [Mykhailo Kotsiubynskyi](https://cinepixo.com/people/mykhailo-kotsiubynskyi), [Ivan Chendeĭ](https://cinepixo.com/people/ivan-chendei)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Myroslav Skoryk](https://cinepixo.com/people/myroslav-skoryk)
- **Director of Photography:** [Yuri Ilyenko](https://cinepixo.com/people/yuri-ilyenko)

## Cast

- [Leonid Yengibarov](https://cinepixo.com/people/leonid-yengibarov)
- [Nikolai Grinko](https://cinepixo.com/people/nikolai-grinko)
- [Ivan Mykolaichuk](https://cinepixo.com/people/ivan-mykolaichuk)
- [Tatyana Bestayeva](https://cinepixo.com/people/tatyana-bestayeva)
- [Nina Alisova](https://cinepixo.com/people/nina-alisova)
- [Larisa Kadochnikova](https://cinepixo.com/people/larisa-kadochnikova)

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