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1 videodisc (approximately 92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1964
A deeply heartfelt story set during the early part of the 20th century in the Ukrainian Carpathians, centering on Ivan whose life is marked with sadness. First his brother is killed while saving him from a falling tree. Then his father is murdered, forcing Ivan and his mother to live in poverty. He falls in love with Marichka, the daughter of the man responsible for his father's death. Marichka drowns rescuing a lamb from a river, but Ivan remains devoted to her. He marries another, but he finds no solace in their childless marriage and his wife Palagna, seeing that their union is doomed, turns to the sorcerer Yurko. In a tragic struggle Yurko kills Ivan, and the whole village mourns his death
Based on the novel Tini zabutykh predkiv / [by] Mykhaĭlo Ko︠t︡si︠u︡bynsʹkyĭ
Special features: documentary, Andrei Tarkovsky and Sergei Paradzhanov, Islands ; featurette: Songs ; Mikhail Kotsyubinsky biography ; filmographies ; stills gallery ; photo gallery
Director of photography, I︠U︡riĭ Ill̕enko ; editor, M. Ponomarenko ; music, Myroslav Skoryk
I. Mykolaĭchuk, L. Kadochnykova, T. Bestai︠e︡va, S. Bahashvili, L. Ėngibarov, N. Alisova, A. Gaĭ, N. Gnipovsʹka, O. Raĭdanov, I. Dz︠iu︡ra, V. Gli︠a︡nʹko
DVD, NTSC, aspect ratio 1.33:1, Dolby digital 5.1
Ukranian and Russian language soundtracks with optional subtitles in English, French and Spanish