Outsider Cinema

Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors

A film by Sergei Parajanov

  • 1965
  • 1 hr 37 min (approx.)
Still from Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors to come.

Parajanov's breakthrough, adapted from a 1911 novella and steeped in folklore. Officials reproached him for going over budget, and he refused to make a Russian version.

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Filed under Ukrainian poetic cinema

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On disc for home viewing.

On disc

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