The read
Critics rate it 28 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 16m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 28 points higher than audiences do.
51 audience votes
Key crew
- Sergei ParajanovDirector
- Gia BadridzeWriter
- Javanshir GuliyevOriginal Music Composer
- David AbashidzeDirector
Cast
- Yuri MgoyanAshik Kerib
- Sofiko ChiaureliMother
- Ramaz ChkhikvadzeAli-Agha
- Kostiantyn StepankovTeacher
- Baia Dvalishvilisister
- Nodar DugladzeCast
- Veronika MetonidzeCast
- Levan NatroshviliCast
- Georgiy OvakimyanCast
- Vyacheslav StepanyanCast
- David DovlatyanCast
- Milena Tskhovreba-AgranovichBride
Stills
Themes
surrealcaucasus