Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (Тіні забутих предків)

This film is a poetic drama

about the great love of Ivan and Marichka.

The film introduces us to the world of the old Carpathians' folk legends.

Aleksandr Dovzhenko Film Studio

Dedicated to the 100th anniversary of M. Kotsyubinsky

Olekso!

Olekso, you hear?

Come and eat, brother!

Run, Ivan, run!

Olekso, let go! Let go!

Let go, brother!

Let go!

Let go, brother! Let go!

SHADOWS OF FORGOTTEN ANCESTORS

Mikhail Kotsyubinsky

The Carpathians, a Gutsul land, forgotten by God and people...

My son Olekso, my darling son,

I sleep and see you suffering.

O merciful God,

please save at least my last child, my Ivanko.

O God...

Horses, horses, my horses, horses!

You hear, boy?

No, they're lambs! They're lambs!

Ivanko! Ivanko, come here! Come here, child! Come!

Don't look, he's mad. Don't look.

Come here.

Glory to Jesus.

- Glory to Jesus. - Glory forever and ever.

Is this the Evil Spirit, dad?

Ivanko, there's no evil spirit in church,

as there's no Satan.

There's a Satan among people.

There.

There, you see?

He gives money to God,

but he wrings the soul out of poor people.

You're beggars!

You place is outside the church, not inside it.

Never mind. Wait till he comes out!

Petrik, I beg you!

Help, good people!

Trash, they deserve a flog.

- Onufry, pay him back! - I'll kill him!

They insulted our kin. Onufry, hurry!

Lay off me, I know what to do.

They're asking for it. The down-and-outs!

Petrik, don't, they're bad people!

I have to, Anno. I have to.

I’m entreating you, Petrik!

You will pay for everything, Satan! You Satan!

- Petrik, I'm begging you! - Let go of me!

I’m entreating you for the sake of our son, Ivan!

- Mama! - Marichka, where are you?

Take daughter and go to the cart, quick!

- Mama! - Daughter, where are you?

Mama!

Marichka!

It's nothing, I've got another, even better than this.

They bought a new skirt for me, and baste shoes.

I’ll dress up and look like a grownup girl.

And I can play the reed pipe.

And why do you fight?

Why were you standing by our cart?

And why does your father fight?

- He wasn't who started it. - He was!

Oh, my dear brother, why have you left us?

Why have you left your Ivanko?

My dear brother,

why have you left your kids?

My dear brother!

Your enemies drove you to your grave!

What a death you've chosen for yourself!

Oh, God!

My dear Petrik,

why have you left me?

Be damned those Gutenyuks!

May God send plague onto them,

and death onto their cattle!

Wait! Don't be afraid! What's your name?

Your name is Ivanko.

How do you know?

And I'm tending lambs.

And I'm tending cubs.

Khimka stole flour from us.

- Which one? - The witch.

Petrik, why have you left me!

May those Gutenyuks be damned!

O Lord, send plague onto them,

and death onto their cattle!

Why have you left our little Ivanko...

However, the death of his father did not live in Ivan's memory as long

as his meeting the girl did.

IVAN AND MARICHKA

Do you hear, Ivan?

Why not? I do. It's an invisible axe.

Ivan, I'm scared.

Why to be scared? See, a goat.

Where?

Ivan, where are you going?

Where're my goats, where're my go...

Ivan!

Godmother, godmother, what did you cook, what did you cook?

Beet borscht, beet borscht, beet borscht!

Wait! Where are you from?

From Yavorov!

- And what's your name? - Gutenyuk.

All the best to you, Gutenyuk.

Marichka!

Marichka!

Ivanko...

What is it, my Marichka?

Will we be together?

With God's help.

There's a lot of ill feeling between our families.

Don't worry, Marichka. I'm going to tell Mother, and we'll take you in.

Oh, my darling Ivanko!

Don't be sad, don't be sad, my sweetie!

Marichka!

You hear?

Come here.

No, we mustn't, Ivanko.

Let them say whatever they want, but you will be mine.

You hear, Marichka? Do you hear me?

Ivan. We'll never be together.

What are you saying, Marichka?

Marichka!

What's the matter, my sweetie?

May the Gutenyuks' house be as empty as mine.

May all their cattle die, Ivanko!

- They destroyed our family, and you... - Mother!

My dear.

Could I ever think that you wouldn't be the master of the house,

but would go to work as a hired labourer to earn a living?

- My dear son! - Mother.

You're leaving me all alone.

Hold on, Mother.

Let it be so. Let it be.

Bless me for the road.

Be happy. Good luck to you.

O Lord!

Save and protect

my son Ivan,

and save the souls of my children - Mikhail, Danila,

Anna,

Vasil,

Mikola,

Oleksa.

Our Father in heaven,

Hallowed be Your name,

Your kingdom come...

Give us day by day our daily bread...

- Glory to Jesus! - Glory to God forever and ever!

- Good luck, Ivanko! - Thank you!

Ivanko went to the meadow, and she...

- How did you sleep, Marichka? - How did I sleep?

Very well, and you?

Ivan!

Marichka!

So you're going, Ivanko?

Yes, going, Marichka, such is my fate.

I'll be back by winter. Wait for me.

At night I'll be looking at the star that is over the meadow.

You look at it, too.

All right, we'll both be looking.

Ivan!

Marichka!

Glory to Jesus Christ.

Whose girl are you? Gutenyuk's?

Oh, just look at it, Marichka. Oh, it's full, Marichka!

Marichka, Marichka, eat some.

What have you got here, huh?

MEADOW

They'll drive the cattle to us.

I pray to God to help us

return it to people in the fall.

Whose son are you, boy?

Pyotr Paliychuk's from Krivorivnya.

I came to ask you to hire me.

Will you take me? I'll be doing whatever you say.

"Why don't you get married, Tall Beskide?" -

the wind asks

Black Mountain.

And he answers:

"Because Green Meadow

won't have me".

And so they stand together for centuries.

Admiring each other's beauty,

but they can't get married.

And only the wind

brings songs to them.

I don't know.

Why don't you get married,

Tall Beskide...

Do you hear?

Ivan!

Glory to Jesus.

Miko, what is it?

Miko, tell me the truth.

What is it down there?