Carl Sagan

Carl Sagan (9 November 1934 – 20 December 1996)

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Sergei Parajanov‘s first masterpieces Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors, based on Mikhail Kotsiubynsky’s Ukrainian novel, had also inspired the great scientist and Pulitzer Prize winner Carl Sagan’s book Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors. In the introduction, Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan wrote: “…the haunting 1964 film by Sergei Parajanov gave us our title.”


Parajanov-Vartanov Institute