A romantic drama based on the poem of the same name by the great Russian poet Mikhail Lermontov.
“Ashik-Kerib” is one of Sergei Paradzhanov’s most brilliant motion pictures. The director succeeded in achieving the effect of polyphony of color and sound.
The screen looks like a real Oriental bazaar where you can come across anything you like, from antiques to cheap home-made kitsch.
Ashik-Kerib was a poor man, but he possessed a heart of gold and a beautiful voice. He played the saaza, a Turkish balalaika, glorifying the ancient heroes of Turkestan at weddings and other festivities. Once he met the beautiful Magul-Megheri, the daughter of a Turkish wealthy man, and fell in love with her. But would a rich man give his daughter to a poor man? Ashik-Kerib made a vow to go for a seven-year wandering around the world, and either become rich or die. If he is not back by the appointed date, Magul-Megheri will get married to another man…




Awards:
Prize "Felix" in the category "Artist" for 1988;
Award "Nika" in the Best Fiction Film "for 1989;
Award "Nika" in the category "Directors" for the year 1989;
Award "Nika" in the category "Operator" for 1989;
Award "Nika" in the category "Artist" for 1989.

Bonus - Track:
• Biography MY Lermontov and the video of him
• A video of S. Paradzhanov
• Song Ashug (Mugam)
• Photo Album
• Filmographies

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Romanticheskaya drama po motivam odnoimennoy poemy velikogo russkogo poeta Mihaila Lermontova.

"Ashik-Kerib" - odna iz samyh yarkih kartin v tvorchestve Sergeya Paradzhanova. Rezhisseru udalos dobitsya effekta nastoyashchey polifonii tsveta i zvuka. Ekran budto upodoblyaetsya vostochnomu bazaru, gde mozhno vstretit vse, chto ugodno, ot antikvariata do lubochnoy samodelnoy kartinki.

Ashik-Kerib byl beden, no u nego bylo dobroe serdtse i prekrasnyy golos. On igral na saaze - turetskoy balalayke, proslavlyaya drevnih vityazey Turkestana, vystupal na prazdnestvah i svadbah. Odnazhdy uvidel on krasavitsu Magul-Megeri, doch turetskogo bogacha, i polyubil ee. No razve vydast bogach svoyu doch za bednyaka? Ashik-Kerib poklyalsya sem let stranstvovat, chtoby nazhit bogatstvo ili umeret. Esli k naznachennomu sroku on ne vernetsya, Magul-Megeri vyydet zamuzh za drugogo…

Nagrady:
Premiya «FELIKS» v nominatsii «Hudozhnik» za 1988 god;
Premiya «NIKA» v nominatsii «Luchshiy igrovoy film» za 1989 god;
Premiya «NIKA» v nominatsii «Rezhissery» za 1989 god;
Premiya «NIKA» v nominatsii «Operator» za 1989 god;
Premiya «NIKA» v nominatsii «Hudozhnik» za 1989 god.

Bonus - trek:
• Biografiya M.Yu. Lermontova i videosyuzhet o nem
• Videosyuzhet o S. Paradzhanove
• Pesn ashuga (Mugam)
• Fotoalbom
• Filmografii

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