Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors

1965 · 96 MIN · IMDB 7.8 · 8,983 VOTES · DIR. Sergei Parajanov

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Overview

In the Carpathian Mountains of 19th-century Ukraine, love, hate, life and death among the Hutsul people are as they’ve been since time began. Ivan is drawn to Marichka, the beautiful young daughter of the man who killed his father. But fate tragically decrees that the two lovers will remain apart.

Dialogue Timeline — 236 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:04 A tale of times past, of great love of Ivan and Marichka
00:02:10 Olexa. My darling! Your torments are mine
00:06:24 Please stop! This is a holy place
00:09:50 Petrik, my darling! Why did you have to die?
00:11:28 By the hay-rick, the cuckoo cooes
00:12:20 Where are you going?
00:16:57 Cheer up
00:20:44 You're leaving me here all alone
00:22:38 Come, my darling, spend a little hour with me
00:26:27 God willing...
00:29:10 ...they gaze at each other but cannot marry
00:41:03 I will if I can
00:42:44 ...and headed back home
00:43:48 See what love has done to him
00:44:55 He was dressed in rags, in this freezing whether
00:47:14 I gave him some vodka. They got him so drunk, he ran after the girls
00:52:26 We'll dress him and he'll go for her
01:01:26 She found only its horns. Please remember our kid goat
01:04:51 ...or drowned in deep waters
01:09:36 Yearning for a child, Palagna tried witchcraft
01:13:11 He was feared, but needed by all
01:16:27 Praised be the Lord!
01:22:28 Let the horses go to water
01:26:42 Dear Ivan's dead

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed236
Dialogue density2.5 lines / min
First line00:00:04
Final line01:26:42

Production Record

DirectorSergei Parajanov
LanguageUK
IMDb votes8,983