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Released
1965 · FILM

Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors

Directed by
Runtime
96 min
Language
UK
DramaRomance

Synopsis

Set in the Carpathian Mountains of 19th-century Ukraine, the story explores the enduring themes of love, hate, life, and death among the Hutsul people. Ivan is drawn to Marichka, the attractive young daughter of the man who killed his father. However, fate cruelly ensures that the two lovers will never be together.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 18

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Marfa PonomarenkoShot by Yuri IllienkoScored by Miroslav SkorikDesigned by Mikhail Rakovskiy

Also known as

  • Feuerpferdede
  • Feuerpferde - Schatten vergessener Ahnende
  • Schatten vergessener Ahnende
  • Teni sabutych predkiwde
  • Tini zabutykh predkivde
  • Shadows of Forgotten Ancestorsen
  • Los corceles de fuegoes
  • Les Chevaux de feufr
  • Le ombre degli avi dimenticatiit

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