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World Cinema Project
Directed by: Sergei Parajanov
Featuring: Ivan Mikolaychuk, Larisa Kadochnikova, Tatyana Bestayeva, Spartak Baghashvili, Nikolai Grinko
A towering achievement of world cinema, Sergei Parajanov’s modernist landmark fuses folkloric traditions, animistic mysticism, and hallucinatory visual invention. Adapted from a 1911 novella by Ukrainian writer Mykhailo Kotsiubynskyi, Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors follows Ivanko (Ivan Mykolaichuk), a young Hutsul peasant who experiences both the depths of grief and glimmers of hope as he attempts to move beyond his first love, Marichka (an ethereal Larysa Kadochnykova). Steeped in the earthy atmosphere of the Carpathian Mountains, and featuring kinetic, radiantly colorful cinematography by Yuri Illienko and a collagelike experimental soundtrack, Parajanov’s film is a singularly mythopoeic work of art.
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Format:
Blu-ray
Disc:
BD-50 (1 Disc)
Total: 1 Disc
Regions:
A (Blu-ray)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37:1
Audio Options:
Ukrainian PCM Mono 1.0
Resolution:
1080p/24
Subtitles:
English
Supplements
Types of Supplements Included: Audio Commentary, Introduction, Interview, Documentary, Short Film, Insert
- New audio commentary featuring historian Joshua First
- New introduction by The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project founder Martin Scorsese
- New interview with actor Larisa Kadochnikova
- The Lilac Wind of Paradjanov (2025), a feature documentary by Ali Khamraev
- Shadowsur (2026), an experimental short film by Martiros Vartanov about director Sergei Parajanov’s son
- An essay by critic Carmen Gray
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