Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
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Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors is a landmark 1965 Soviet Ukrainian art film renowned for its visually poetic style, folkloric imagery, and innovative use of color and camera movement.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors Context triple: [Sergei Parajanov, notableWork, Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors]
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Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors is a popular science book by Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan that explores the evolutionary origins of human behavior by comparing humans with other animals, especially primates.
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Novy Mir
Novy Mir is a prominent Soviet and Russian literary magazine known for publishing influential and often controversial works, including Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich."
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Yuriatin
Yuriatin is a fictional Russian town in Boris Pasternak’s novel "Doctor Zhivago," serving as a key setting in Yuri Zhivago’s life and relationships.
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D.
Taras Bulba
Taras Bulba is a historical novella by Nikolai Gogol that portrays the fierce, tragic lives and battles of Ukrainian Cossacks in the 16th–17th centuries.
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E.
Taganana
Taganana is a historic coastal village on Tenerife in Spain’s Canary Islands, known for its dramatic cliffs, traditional architecture, and location within the Anaga mountain range.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors Target entity description: Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors is a landmark 1965 Soviet Ukrainian art film renowned for its visually poetic style, folkloric imagery, and innovative use of color and camera movement.
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A.
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors is a popular science book by Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan that explores the evolutionary origins of human behavior by comparing humans with other animals, especially primates.
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B.
Novy Mir
Novy Mir is a prominent Soviet and Russian literary magazine known for publishing influential and often controversial works, including Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich."
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C.
Yuriatin
Yuriatin is a fictional Russian town in Boris Pasternak’s novel "Doctor Zhivago," serving as a key setting in Yuri Zhivago’s life and relationships.
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D.
Taras Bulba
Taras Bulba is a historical novella by Nikolai Gogol that portrays the fierce, tragic lives and battles of Ukrainian Cossacks in the 16th–17th centuries.
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E.
Taganana
Taganana is a historic coastal village on Tenerife in Spain’s Canary Islands, known for its dramatic cliffs, traditional architecture, and location within the Anaga mountain range.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| artDirectionBy | Georgi Yakutovich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardedAt |
Mar del Plata International Film Festival
NERFINISHED
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Rome Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ Thessaloniki Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkAuthor | Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| censorshipContext | Soviet censorship ⓘ |
| cinematographer | Yuriy Illienko NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | color film ⓘ |
| costumeDesignBy | Lyudmyla Semikina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Soviet Union
ⓘ
Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| director | Sergei Parajanov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Goskino NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCulture | Hutsul culture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmMovement | Soviet poetic cinema NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
art film
ⓘ
drama film ⓘ romantic drama film ⓘ |
| hasBlackAndWhiteSequences | false ⓘ |
| influenced | Sergei Parajanov’s later films ⓘ |
| language | Ukrainian ⓘ |
| leadActor | Ivan Mykolaichuk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadActress | Larisa Kadochnikova NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Myroslav Skoryk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
dynamic camera movement
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folkloric imagery ⓘ innovative use of color ⓘ visually poetic style ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
Tini zabutykh predkiv
NERFINISHED
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Тіні забутих предків NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Dovzhenko Film Studios NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recognizedAs |
classic of world cinema
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landmark of Ukrainian cinema ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1965-09-04 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1965 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 97 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Ivan Chendei
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sergei Parajanov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn |
Carpathian Mountains
NERFINISHED
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Hutsul region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
clash of tradition and fate
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tragic love story ⓘ |
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