Pirosmani (film)

Pirosmani (, translit. Pirosmani, ) is a 1969 Soviet biographical art-drama film directed by Giorgi Shengelaia, about Georgian primitivist painter Niko Pirosmani.

Cast

• Avto Varazi as Niko Pirosmani
• Zurab Kapianidze
• Dodo Abashidze
• Spartak Bagashvili
• Kote Daushvili
• Boris Tsipuria
• Givi Aleksandria

Prizes and awards

• 1973 : Sutherland Trophy at BFI London Film Festival
• 1974 : Grand Prize: Gold Hugo at Chicago International Film Festival
• 1974 : Prize for Best Biographical film at Asolo Art Film Festival

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