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 Nodar Dugladze
Veronika Metonidze
Levan Natroshvili
Georgiy Ovakimyan
Vyacheslav Stepanyan David Dovlatyan
Milena Tskhovreba-Agranovich Bride
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