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Pirosmani (1969)
Directed by Giorgi Shengelaia
Drama, History · 1h 25m
A biography of the Georgian primitive artist Nikoloz Pirosmanishvili (1862–1918), better known as Pirosmani, who died of starvation and sold his paintings to bars and restaurants for food and drink. The film experiments with color control techniques based on the painter’s style.
Cast
Avtandil Varazi
David Abashidze
Spartak Bagashvili
Teimuraz Beridze
Zurab Kapianidze
Shota Daushvili
Boris Tsipuria
Margo Gvaramadze
Crew
- Director
- Giorgi Shengelaia
- Screenplay
- Giorgi Shengelaia, Erlom Akhvlediani
- Director of Photography
- Konstantin Apryatin
- Original Music Composer
- Vakhtang Kukhianidze
- Editor
- Manana Karalashvili
Details
- Original title
- ფიროსმანი
- Release date
- 1969-12-28
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Genres
- Drama, History
- Original language
- KA
- Spoken languages
- Georgian
- Countries
- Soviet Union
- Production
- Georgia-Film