View Item - RU-S012-1964

Language:
Russian
Duration:
99 minutes
Catalog Num:
RU-S012-1964
Title:
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors -- LOCATED IN I.A.S. OFFICE
Item Type:
Video
Medium:
VHS
Program:
International Studies

Reserved:
No
Status:
Available

Deep in the Carpathian mountains of Russia, a young man marries a sensual woman he does not love, after the death of his true sweetheart. The new wife seeks aid from witchcraft only to succumb to the advances of a seducing sorcerer. The film's emotional atmosphere gradually interveaves the burdns of a tragic past with a world of occult visions, rendering revenge and death inevitable. Director: Sergei Parajanov. Actors: Ivan Mikolaichuk, Larisa Kadochnikova, Tatiana Bestaeva. Color. Country: Russia. Subtitled. (I.A.S. now located in Old McMillan 254.)

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