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