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Ashik Kerib is a 1988 Soviet art drama film directed by Sergei Parajanov and Dodo Abashidze. The production was handled by the Georgian Film Studio, with Albert Yavuryan serving as director of photography and Sergei Parajanov as production designer. The cast includes Sofiko Chiaureli, Kostiantyn Stepankov, Dodo Abashidze, and Ramaz Chkhikvadze. The narrative is set in Azerbaijan and is based on a work by Mikhail Lermontov.
The film was released on July 3, 1988, and runs for approximately 73 to 76 minutes. It is presented in Russian, Georgian, and Azerbaijani. Music was composed by Javanshir Guliyev. The movie has been nominated for the European Film Award for Best Director and holds a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. It is available for viewing via video on demand through providers such as Klassiki.
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6.2Wandering 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.
Cast
- Yuri Mgoyan as Ashik Kerib
- Sofiko Chiaureli as Mother
- Ramaz Chkhikvadze as Ali-Agha
- Kostiantyn Stepankov as Teacher
- Baia Dvalishvili as sister
- Nodar Dugladze
Themes
- surreal
- caucasus
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Ratings
IMDb
7.2/10
2,348 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
100%
- Year
- 1988
- Runtime
- 73 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Awards
- 6 wins & 2 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- Soviet Union
- Original language
- Azerbaijani
- Main subject
- courtship
- Director
- Dodo Abashidze
- Cast member
- Ramaz Chkhikvadze
- Composer
- Javanshir Guliyev
- Production company
- Georgian Film Studio
- Cinematographer
- Albert Yavuryan
- Narrative location
- Azerbaijan
- Duration
- 73
- FilmAffinity ID
- 416653
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.parajanov.com/ashikkerib.html
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- publication date
- 1988-07-03
- title
- აშიკ-ქერიბი
- after a work by
- Mikhail Lermontov
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Available in 24 languages
- Français
- Deutsch
- 中文
- Русский
- Italiano
- Armenian
- azb
- Azerbaijani
- Belarusian
- Catalan
- Crimean Tatar
- Danish
- Georgian
- Macedonian
- Nederlands
- Norwegian
- Polski
- Romanian
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