Ashik Kerib
July 3, 1988
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...More
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.
Cast and crew
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Sergei Parajanov
Director
Yuri Mgoyan
Ashik Kerib
Sofiko Chiaureli
Mother
Ramaz Chkhikvadze
Ali-Agha
Kostiantyn Stepankov
Teacher
Dodo Abashidze
Baia Dvalishvili
sister
ND
Nodar Dugladze
VM
Veronika Metonidze
LN
Levan Natroshvili
GO
Georgiy Ovakimyan
Vyacheslav Stepanyan
DD
David Dovlatyan
MT
Milena Tskhovreba-Agranovich
Bride