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.

Starring:

Yuri Mgoyan, Sofiko Chiaureli, Ramaz Chkhikvadze, Konstantin Stepankov, Veronique Matonidze, Baia Dvalishvili, David Dovlatian, Levan Natroshvili, Slava Stepanian, Nodar Dugladze, Dodo Abashidze

Genre:

Drama, Romance