Overview

Wandering minstrel Ashik Kerib falls in love with a rich merchant's daughter, but is spurned by her father and forced to roam the world for a thousand and one nights. Now presumed dead by those he loves, he performs for the poor and unfortunate on his journeys through the wilderness. Parajanov's visually ravishing 'tableaux vivants' tell Lermontov's romantic tale while Turkish and Azerbaijani folk songs transport us into its mystical landscapes.

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Cast

Yuri Mgoyan

Ashik Kerib

Sofiko Chiaureli

Mother

Ramaz Chkhikvadze

Ali-Agha

Kostiantyn Stepankov

Teacher

Baia Dvalishvili

sister

Vyacheslav Stepanyan