Summary
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.
Good for
- Date night
- Family movie night
- Friends night
Skip it if
- You want something to laugh at
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics like it more than audiences (+25)
Critics 100Audiences 75GoodWatch 86
Tomatometer100%
Audience score77%
Letterboxd · 5 K ratings3.8/5
IMDb7.2
Running time
1 h 16 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 dramas, −33 min on the typical 109
typical 10976Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 5 countries, rent or buy in 2 more
Released
1988
July 3, 1988
38 years ago
Genres
DramaHistoryFantasyLanguage
Georgian
Original language
Also spoken
AzerbaijaniMade in
Russia
and 2 moreDirecting · 2
- Sergei Parajanov Director, Production Design
- David Abashidze Director
Writing · 2
- Gia Badridze Writer
- Mikhail Lermontov Novel
Camera · 1
- Albert Yavuryan Director of Photography
Sound · 2
- Javanshir Guliyev Original Music Composer
- Gary Kuntsev Sound
Art · 3
- Gogi Aleqsi-Meskhishvili Production Design
- Shota Gogolashvili Production Design
- Niko Zandukeli Production Design
Costume & Make-Up · 1
- Eka Magalashvili Costume Design
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