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Released
1988 · FILM

Ashik Kerib

Directed by
Runtime
76 min
Language
KA
Drama

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. Parajanov's visually ravishing 'tableaux vivants' tell Lermontov's romantic tale while Turkish and Azerbaijani folk songs transport us into its mystical landscapes.

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Principal cast & crew: 18

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Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Shot by Albert YavuryanScored by Cavansir QuliyevDesigned by Gogi Aleqsi Meskhishvili

Also known as

  • Kerib, der Spielmannde
  • Ashik-Keribes
  • Achik Kérib, conte d'un poète amoureuxfr
  • Asik Kerib - Storia di un ashug innamoratoit

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