Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (1965)

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.

Genres: Drama, Romance

What to watch after Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors

• The Color of Pomegranates (1969) — Sergei Parajanov directed both
• Burnt by the Sun (1994)
• Doctor Zhivago (1965) — Same subject: forbidden love
• Andrei Rublev (1966)
• Love and Doves (1985)
• The Barber of Siberia (1998)