Parajanov. A Ticket to Eternity

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.

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Cast

Sergei Parajanov

Self (archival footage, voice)

Larysa Kadochnykova

Self

Marina Vlady

Self

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Svetlana Shcherbatyuk

Self

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Patrick Cazals

Self

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Suren Parajanov

Self