Ashik Kerib

Name: Ashik Kerib
Genre: Drama
Released: 1989-05-01
Duration: 1 h 13 min
Rating: 7.40
Cast: Konstantin Stepankov, Ramaz Chkhikvadze, Sofiko Chiaureli, Yuri Mgoyan

– Wandering minstrel Ashik Kerib falls in love with a rich merchant's daughter, but is spurned by her ..

Type:

Movie

Rating:

7.40 / 10

Duration:

One Hour and 13 Minutes

Release Year:

1988

Original Name:

აშიკ-ქერიბი

Ashik Kerib (1988) - Also known as აშიკ-ქერიბი

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.

Styles:

Surreal, Stylized, Realistic, Captivating, Serious, Atmospheric

Story Timeline:

1980s, 20th Century

Producing Country:

Soviet Union

Filming Locations:

Georgia (former Ussr), Caucasus

Genre:

Drama

Release Date:

01 May 1989

Language:

Azerbaijani, Georgian

Director:

Sergei Parajanov, Dodo Abashidze

Writer:

Gia Badridze, Mikhail Lermontov (story "Ashik Kerib the Lovelorn Minstrel")

Main Actors:

Yuri Mgoyan, Sofiko Chiaureli, Ramaz Chkhikvadze, Konstantin Stepankov

Plot:

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 ...

Awards:

6 wins & 1 nomination.

Production:

Kino Lorber

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database:

7.5/10

Rotten Tomatoes:

100%

#Folk Song

#Minstrel

#Merchant