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.
Yuri Mgoyan
as Ashik Kerib
სოფიკო ჭიაურელი
as Mother
რამაზ ჩხიკვაძე
as Ali-Agha
Костянтин Степанков
as Teacher
Baia Dvalishvili
as sister
Nodar Dugladze
as
Veronika Metonidze
as
Levan Natroshvili
as
Georgiy Ovakimyan
as
Слава Степанян
as
David Dovlatyan
as
Милена Цховреба-Агранович
as Bride
