
Pirosmani, Pirosmani...
1987-05-24 · 139 min · Not rated
About the last days of the great Niko Pirosmanishvili, who died alone. And his only interlocutors were the heroes of the paintings...
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- Directors
- Eimuntas Nekrošius
- Production companies
- Sintez, Soyuzteatr, Fund for the Development of Cinematography of the USSR
- Countries
- Soviet Union
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Vladas BagdonasNiko Pirosmanišvilis
Vidas Petkevičiussargas
Irena KriauzaitėIja-Marija
Antanas ŠurnaGrigolas
Arūnas Storpirštis
Kostas Smoriginas
Algirdas Grašyskapinių kunigaikštis
Ferdinandas Jakšyskapinių kunigaikštis
Juozas Jaruševičiuskapinių kunigaikštis
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