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
Crew
Sergei Parajanov
Director, Production Design
David Abashidze
Director
Gia Badridze
Writer
Mikhail Lermontov
Novel
Albert Yavuryan
Director of Photography
Gogi Aleqsi-Meskhishvili
Production Design
Shota Gogolashvili
Production Design
Niko Zandukeli
Production Design
Eka Magalashvili
Costume Design
Gary Kuntsev
Sound
Javanshir Guliyev
Original Music Composer
