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. Parajanov's visually ravishing 'tableaux vivants' tell Lermontov's romantic tale while Turkish and Azerbaijani folk songs transport us into its mystical landscapes.

The life of the revered 18th-century Armenian poet and musician Sayat-Nova. Portraying events in the life of the artist from childhood up to his death, the movie addresses in particular his relationships with women, including his muse. The production tells Sayat-Nova's dramatic story by using both his poems and largely still camerawork, creating a work hailed as revolutionary by Mikhail Vartanov.

A cameraman wanders around with a camera slung over his shoulder, documenting urban life with dazzling inventiveness.

孤女安妮娅仁慈善良，尽管她受到一个恶毒老女人和她的卑鄙女儿的奴役，小安娅也从没有丧失信心和乐观。风雪交加的一天，安娅被逼寻找一些只有在春天才会开放的花儿，她在森林中迷了路，却碰见了神秘幽灵十二个月，鉴于安娅的仁慈，幽灵使花儿们神奇地为她开放了。但是，当老女人再次威逼安娅返回森林时，幽灵出现了……