Pirosmani

Pirosmani

85 mins | Drama | Dec. 28, 1969

This Soviet film is 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.

Pirosmani

85 mins | Drama | Dec. 28, 1969

Pirosmani
This Soviet film is 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.
IMDb rating 7.7
Producers Georgian-Film
Original title ფიროსმანი
Directors Giorgi Shengelaia
Writers Erlom Akhvlediani, Giorgi Shengelaia