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Ashik Kerib

Ashik Kerib

19886.21h 16m

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.

Directed by Sergei Parajanov
Written by Gia Badridze, Mikhail Lermontov
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Top Cast

Yuri Mgoyan

Yuri Mgoyan

Ashik Kerib

Sofiko Chiaureli

Sofiko Chiaureli

Mother

Ramaz Chkhikvadze

Ramaz Chkhikvadze

Ali-Agha

Kostiantyn Stepankov

Kostiantyn Stepankov

Teacher

Baia Dvalishvili

Baia Dvalishvili

sister

N

Nodar Dugladze

V

Veronika Metonidze

L

Levan Natroshvili

G

Georgiy Ovakimyan

Vyacheslav Stepanyan

Vyacheslav Stepanyan

Themes & Keywords

surrealcaucasus

About Ashik Kerib

Ashik Kerib is a drama, history, fantasy film released in 1988 exploring themes of surreal, caucasus. Directed by Sergei Parajanov, it stars Yuri Mgoyan, Sofiko Chiaureli, Ramaz Chkhikvadze. 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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