Fire horses
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Fire horses |
| Original title | Тіні забутих предків |
| Country of production | Soviet Union |
| original language | Ukrainian |
| Publishing year | 1964 |
| length | 95 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Sergei Parajanov |
| script | Sergei Parajanov Ivan Chendej |
| music | Myroslaw Skoryk |
| camera |
Yuri Ilyenko Viktor Bestayev |
| cut | M. Ponomarenko |
| occupation | |
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Fire Horse ( Ukrainian Тіні забутих предків, Russian Тени забытых предков , literally Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors) is a Soviet film of 1964 of the Armenian director Sergei Parajanov , based on a novel by Mykhaylo Kozjubynskyj . This film is Parajanov's first major film that earned it international recognition for its visual intensity. The film was one of the first poetic films in the Soviet Union to violate statutory socialist realism and was banned from cinemas.
action
In a small Hutsul village in the Carpathian Mountains , young Ivan falls in love with Maritschka, the daughter of the man who murdered his father, despite the bitter hostility of the families. In order to be able to marry Maritschka, Ivan leaves the village to look for work with which he would like to finance his household. During his absence, however, Maritschka drowns in a river. The desperate Ivan continues to work until he gets to know Palagna during his work. They get married according to the tradition of the Hutsuls, but the marriage quickly fails as Ivan is still obsessed with the memories of Maritschka. When the emotionally distant Iwan now also falls into hallucinations , Palagna, who wants children, tries to win back Ivan's attention with magic. However, Palagna itself comes under the influence of the magician. When Ivan sees the magician hugging Palagna in a tavern, he goes into a rage and attacks the magician with an ax. The wizard then pulls his own ax and injures Ivan, who then flees into a nearby forest. In the forest Iwan hallucinates again and sees Maritschka's ghost between the trees and in the reflections of the water. When Maritschka's ghost shakes hands with him, Ivan gives a scream and dies. The film ends with a traditional Ivan funeral.
Reviews
“An old legend of the Hutsuls, which modified the Romeo and Juliet motif , is interwoven with the rich and strange folklore of this shepherd people from the Carpathians. The camera wallowing in color cascades revives a primeval, mystical past in all its wild beauty. "
Awards
Fire Horses was awarded the Grand Prize of the Festival Internacional de Cine de Mar del Plata , the Rome Film Festival and the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Prize in 1965.
Web links
- Fire horses in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Fire Horses. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 5, 2017 .