Ashik Kerib

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1989-05-01

Languages:

Azerbaijani, Georgian

Countries:

Soviet Union

Runtime:

73 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (953 Reviews)

Director:

Sergei Parajanov Dodo Abashidze

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Yuri Mgoyan Sofiko Chiaureli Ramaz Chkhikvadze Konstantin Stepankov

Writer:

Gia Badridze

Mikhail Lermontov (story)

Fullplot:

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 - but not before he's got the daughter to promise not to marry till his return. It's told in typical Paradjanov style overlaid with Armenian folksongs.

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