Pirosmani (film)

Pirosmani (ფიროსმანი, translit. Pirosmani, Пиросмани) is a 1969 Georgian 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