The legend of Suram fortress / Sovexport film presents a Gruziafilm Studios production ; direction, Dodo Abazhvidze, Sergei Paradjanov ; screenplay, Vazha Gigashvili. Ashik Kerib = The lovelorn minstrel / Georgian Film Studio production ; directed by Sergei Paradjanov ; screenplay by Giya Badridze.
Additional cataloging information from container and Internet Movie Database. [The Legend of Suram fortress] Levan Outchanechvili, Zourab Kipchidze. [Ashik Kerib] Yuri Mgoyan, Veronika Metonidze, Levan Natroshvili. Legend of Suram fortress based on a story by D. Chonkadze. Ashik Kerib is based on the poem by Mikhail Lermontov. Legend of Suram fortress originally produced as a motion picture in 1985. Ashik Kerib originally produced as a motion picture in 1988. Foreign films (Georgia).
Contents:
The legend of Suram Fortress (1985, col., 89 min.) -- Ashik Kerib (1988, col., 75 min.)
Summary:
[The Legend of Suram fortress] The Georgians' repeated efforts at building a fortress against invaders fail until a fortune teller remembers an old prophecy that the son of her erstwhile lover must be bricked up alive in order for the fortress to stand. The young man sacrifices himself to save his country. [Ashik Kerib] Tale of a lovelorn musician, his travels and travails, and the eventual restoration of his mother's eyesight as well as his winning the hand of his intended. Done in a highly stylized, theatrical fashion.
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