Movie

Parajanov. A Ticket to Eternity

★ 8/10 · 1 votes 2018 1h 23m Released

DocumentaryHistory

Documentary about the life of Sergei Parajanov, a prominent Soviet-era filmmaker who was active in Ukraine, Georgia and Armenia and was persecuted by the communist government for his views on the pretext of his homosexuality, which was a crime in the USSR. The centerpiece of this documentary is Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors, a 1965 movie directed by Parajanov, that awakened the Ukrainian national consciousness which had been suppressed by decades of Soviet rule.

Cast

Sergei Parajanov Self (archival footage, vo Larysa Kadochnykova Self Marina Vlady Self S Svetlana Shcherbatyuk Self P Patrick Cazals Self S Suren Parajanov Self