SYNOPSIS
A poetic tale of Ivan's and Marichka's tragic love within feuding families in an ancient Carpathian community. Based on the story of Mikhaylo Kotsyubinsky.
Awards
Critics Grand Prize, Special Jury Award | Mar del Plata IFF, Argentina, 1965
CAST & CREW

Sergei Parajanov
Director
Script
Ivan Chendey, Sergei Parajanov
Director of Photography
Yuri Ilyenko
Production designer
Georgiy Yakutovich, Mikhail Rakovski
Music by
Miroslav Skorik
Sound
Sofia Sergienko
Edit
Maria Ponomarenko
Cast
Ivan Mikolaychuk, Lyudmila Kadochnikova, Tatyana Bestaeva, Spartak Baghashvili, Nikolay Gritsenko, Leonid Yengibarov, Nina Alisova
Production company(ies)
Dovzhenko Film Studio
Sergei Parajanov
(1924, Tbilisi, Georgia - 1990, Yerevan, Armenia) In 1942-43 Sergei Parajanov studied at Tbilisi Institute of Engineers of Transportation Means, in 1943-44 - in Vocal Department of Tbilisi Conservatory. At the same time he was taking dance lessons at the Dance Academy next to the Opera Theatre. In 1945, Parajanov transferred to Moscow State Conservatory named for P. Tchaikovsky (pedagogue Nina Dorliak). In 1951, he graduated from the Directing Department of VGIK (Igor Savchenko's master class, later Alexander Dovzhenko’s). Parajanov worked as a director at Dovzhenko Film Studio, Armenfilm and Kartuli Pilmi. In 1973, he was arrested and convicted on trumped-up charges. Spent four years in a strict regime camp. Has been released from jail in 1978. Official rehabilitation was not followed. After his release he lived in Tbilisi, worked for the Kartuli Pilmi. He is a People's Artist of Ukrainian and Armenia (1990).
Filmography
Moldavian Tale (1952, short), Andriesh (Co-Dir. Y. Bazelyan, 1954), Dumka (1958, doc.), Natalia Uzhviy (1959, doc.), Golden Hands (1959, doc.), The First Fellow (1959), Ukrainian Rhapsody (1961), A Flower on the Stone (1962), Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (1964), Kyiv Frescoes (1966, unfinished), Hakob Hovnatanyan (1967, doc.), The Color of Pomegranate (1969), Legend on Suram Fortress (Co-Dir. Dodo Abashidze, 1984), Pirosmani (Arabesques on the Pirosmani Themes, 1985), Ashik-Kerib (1988), Confession (1990, unfinished).