A love story set against the historical pageantry and epic legends of medieval Russia. In Ukrainian. AKA: "Tini Zabutykh Predkiv," "Shadows of Our Ancestors," "Shadows of Our Forgotten Ancestors."

The print used for the Home Vision Cinema VHS version is from the Janus collection.

Rated BBFC 12 by the British Board of Film Classification.

DVD Features:

Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - Russian
Subtitles - English - Optional
Additional Release Material:
Trailers
Featurette: "Songs of the Ukraine"
Short Film
Text/Photo Galleries:
Filmographies
Stills/Photos

Sergei Paradjanov: Georgian Director

"With its vision of nature in Dionysian riot, its chorus line of extravagantly costumed peasants and its shifting point of view, it is hard to tell where ethnography ends in this extraordinary film, and where fantasy begins."