Americans spell his name as Parajanov - British as Paradjanov. He's
one of the greatest ever.

I have just found on the Amazon his Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors:


http://www.amazon.com/Shadows-Forgotten-Ancestors-Special-Sub/dp/B000WPV6JM/ref=\
pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1205187078&sr=8-1


I ordered iot immediately. I have already watched Sayat Nova, The
Legend of Suram Fortress and Ashib Kerib.

Here's the description of the movie as given by Amazon:

Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors is a boldly conceived and astonishingly
photographed blend of enchanting mythology, hypnotic religious
iconography, and pagan magic. And although its unsentimental depiction
of the harsh realities of Russian regional history forced visionary
director Sergei Pararadjanov (The Color of Pomegranates) into direct
conflict with bureaucrats then controlling the Soviet film industry,
the film became an international sensation when it was released in 1964.

There is no devil in church, only among men. Deep in the Carpathian
Mountains of 19th-century Ukraine, love, hate, life, and death among
the Hutsul people are as they ve been since time began. While young
Ivan's mother mourns her husband's brutal murder, Ivan is drawn to
Marichka, the beautiful young daughter of the man who killed his
father. But fate tragically decrees that the two lovers will remain
apart. Unhappily married to another woman and cursed by a sorcerer in
this life, Ivan s obsession with his lost love lures him ever closer
to a reunion with Marichka in death.