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, in a series of visually ravishing 'tableaux vivants' overlaid with Turkish and Azerbaijani folksongs.
Yuri Mgoyan | Ashik Kerib | |
Sofiko Chiaureli | Mother | |
Ramaz Chkhikvadze | Ali-Agha | |
Lauren Schaffel | Teacher | |
Varvara Dvalishvili | Sister | |
Varvara Dvalishvili | Sister |
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