BG: Bulgarian cinema before 1989
Bulgarian movies released during the communist regime.
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- DirectorIvan AndonovStarsTodor KolevNevena KokanovaStefan MavrodiyevHe is well educated, charming, and gallant - a dream for each lonely lady. In reality he is a skillful swindler, who robs naive women. Cheating merchants with guilty consciences are his targets as well. This is the elusive protagonist of the movie. He constantly changes his name, stages his own death, and travels from town to town. His exploits are myriad and his life is an endless adventure. Yet, he remains an amiable swindler, an unrealized actor, whose only goal is make his life more interesting.
- DirectorLyudmil KirkovStarsVelko KynevFilip TrifonovPavel PopandovThe misfortunes of a couple of guys who form a music group and think they can get rich and famous easy.
- DirectorVladimir YanchevStarsApostol KaramitevGinka StanchevaLyubomir BobchevskiThe main heroes are twin brothers. The first is responsible young fellow and excellent footballer. The second one is an undependable gambler. The police are after him. A pretty girl stands in between them. She has profoundly fallen for the footballer. By coincidence, the twins change places, which result in a formidable mess and funny situations. Ultimately, all the misunderstandings are settled and the couple re-joins.
- DirectorEduard ZaharievStarsItschak FintziNikola TodevGeorgi RusevThis satirical comedy with grotesque situations ridicules the socialist bureaucracy.
- DirectorPeter DonevStarsVelko KynevGeorgi KaloyanchevTatyana LolovaA country town gets excited because of a bank robbery - eight million levs have been stolen from the local bank. A sensational piece of news jolts a small provincial town out of his lethargy. It is the chance of the lifetime of Inspector Tyuhchev. He arrives at scene of the crime and the inquest gets underway with such professionalism that even Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot would have envied him. He has the opportunity to show real professionalism, to make a brilliant display before his fellow-townsmen. Who is the thief? The cashier, the bank manager, the cabaret singer, the French teacher or, God forbid, the mayor himself? Yet, the methods of Inspector are more or less ridiculous, rather than efficient. After a series of funny and unexpected twists and turns, the Inspector tracks down the thief, who turns out to be none other than Doctor Velizar Kardushev, his landlord, whom the Inspector had all along taken into his confidence. All the time the millions had been stashed under the mattress of the Inspector's bed. So far, so good! But suddenly the new arrives that Kardushev's father has in meantime become a minister in the capital. At this point the Inspector faces a new trial: what to do with Kardushev, since he can take advantage of the cushy job in the capital which he can obtain with the assistance of the thief's father? And is it possible to become a hero with a minister's son as a robber?
- StarsStoycho MazgalovSotir MaynolovskiIvan LaskinThe adventures of a boy who dreams of the sea... A sailor's son flees from school and his home and secretly sails with his father's ship. News and discoveries are coming - both on the ship and on the shore.
- DirectorNikolay VolevStarsTodor KolevPavel PopandovYordanka KuzmanovaProf. Denev is a talented scientist, but he cannot divide his time between the social and the scientific life. Suddenly he gets the idea to bring his cousin Ivan from the village. They look exactly alike. Ivan makes appearances at social events while the professor is working on his research. Initially not very confident, but with enthusiasm Ivan carries out his duties and his desire for material gains becomes huge. When the double threatens Denev's personal life, he throws him out.
- DirectorVassil GendovStarsVassil GendovZhana GendovaMaria Toromanova-HmelikThe university student and a girl are in love. They make dates, visit a party shop. The girl's aunt opposes their love. She has decided to marry her off to a rich suitor from whose uncle she receives a telegram that his nephew will be arriving from Gabrovo. While Aunt Kera is asleep in the winter garden the young people meet. The girl informs her lover about the forthcoming visit. The student decides to cunningly discredit the suitor of her choice before the aunt. He changes clothes with his friend and poses as the expected wooer. In the conversation with Aunt Kera he feigns nervous tics. Scared she turns him out of the house. After a second change of clothes the two young man carry on the farce. The friend playing the part of the of the mentally deranged suitor raves round the garden, screaming and threatening. The student who happens to pass by chases him away. Having passed himself off for a hero in the aunt's eyes, he finally gets her blessing. The young couple fall into each other's arms.
- DirectorVassil GendovStarsVassil GendovMara Miyateva-LipinaAngelovThe elegant and fun-loving Bulgarian meets a young lady in the street and begins to flirt with her.She decides to teach the stranger a lesson and suggests that he should accompany her round the market-place where she goes on a spending spree. To her surprise she discovers that she has no money with her and asks her escort to lend her some. He agrees. The lady takes Bulgarian to the posh restaurant where she order expensive drinks and refreshments at his expense. Then she loads her escort down with the parcels and leads the way home. On the way she meets her husband and proposes that he should hire a cab so that they can relieve "the porter". The couple leave Bulgarian in a state of shock. He is tipped a small coin for the services rendered.
- DirectorPetar B. VasilevStarsKiril GospodinovYuriy YakovlevValentina BorisovaA research worker Robespier Galabov (Yakovlev) lives with his family in a small communal flat with shared kitchen and dreams about a self-contained home. Galabov meet Rangel Lelin (Gospodinov), the well-known amidst the localities as the past-master, when he realized that the new municipal apartment they apply for won't be ready in the next decade. The Past-Master promises to build the private house in a month. After starting the construction, Rangel Lelin constantly blackmail Galabov for more money through treat of "putting the hat". Finally the house was built but the inauguration become gloomy. It turns out that the chimney of the fireplace doesn't work properly. After days of luckless attempts to solve the problem the past-master's brother come into sight. Knowing the Lelin's tricks he find a hat built in the chimney.
- DirectorPetar B. VasilevStarsKiril GospodinovTodor TodorovNataliya ZubarevaBash mastorat went on an organized trip to Hungary. In Budapest finds a way to get out of the group, feigning injury to earn money from the sale of brandy. Meeting with his brother, who is site manager and asked him to hire him for the duration of the trip, but gets rebuffed. Meanwhile deceived the street from the Bulgarian cheynchadzhiya, pretending to be a Hungarian student. To knock out loss Bash mastorat is agreed by adult Bulgarian immigrant to finish construction of his house.
- DirectorPetar B. VasilevStarsKiril GospodinovIvan TanevSilviya AvramovaBash mastorat has a pig farm, which employs four keepers - former buyer Raphael hiding from authorities, alcoholic poet Tcanko and beautiful gypsy Rose with her husband. Once again bash mastorat is trying to using any clever maneuvers to deceive sanitary authorities in checking his holding.
- DirectorPetar B. VasilevStarsKiril GospodinovValentina BorisovaYuriy YakovlevBash maystorat buys a high school degree. He was appointed to the job by starting to take advantage. First started an affair with his secretary, and then enticed all his friends to participate in the future construction of apartment building from which they will receive apartments. Of course everything goes wrong.
- DirectorPetar B. VasilevStarsIvan YanchevKiril GospodinovTodor KolevIn a small town begins an "Anti - alienation week". Due to this a hundred married couples get together before the official of the social state. The official is not in a good mood. He is getting divorced, he has a toothache and a number of problems in the city prevent him from carrying out his duty. He does not back down easily, since his duties make him invincible. This causes a conflict between the hundred nervous couples and an official.
- DirectorRumyana PetkovaStarsPlamena GetovaDetelina LazarovaVassil MihajlovA young lady - a famous writer - is enjoying her favorable life. A tragic accident makes her revise her busy life and a semi-love, a semi-marriage, and a semi-friendship come to the surface.
- DirectorRangel VulchanovStarsAlbena StavrevaAni VulchanovaAntoaneta StanchevaThis film is about an imaginary actors exam. In order to choose the best one the exam jury uses even immoral ways of selecting - spying, making conflicts, humiliating the applicants, taking advantage of its power.
- DirectorRangel VulchanovStarsAlbena StavrevaAni VulchanovaAntoaneta StanchevaIn the once cult film "Where Do We Go From Here?", (A Sega Nakade?) twenty-six novice actors are left to the mercy of an invisible examining board. An anonymous power grinds them down with intrusive questions and objectionable demands. The humiliated idealists are then faced with an agonizing and interminable wait to discover if they are to be given their big chance in life. Twenty years on, they all meet up for a banquet organized by a colleague posing as a sponsor. Only a few of them have remained faithful to their impoverished Muse, both in their native Bulgaria and abroad, where some have traveled in search of creative freedom. Together with their director, they examine what remains of their ideals and illusions, what has influenced their careers, often far removed from the delusive world of art. They compare their former hopes with their present aspirations, and their powerful recollections of youth with their now routine existence. This night of emotive confession and confrontation passes by in a tide of euphoria and nostalgia. Even the old director gazes with bitterness into his own past.
- DirectorTedi MoskovStarsMaya NovoselskaFilip TrifonovSamuel FinziThis is a story about a woman, but not completely a woman, because she is funny and plump, because she is a comedienne and being a female comedienne is very difficult work. During the whole time, the comedienne gets in the way of the woman and the woman # in the way of the comedienne. In fact, nothing in the life of this woman is 'completely'. She is an actress, but not completely. She is playing the role of her life, but not completely. In the end she dies, but not completely.
- DirectorGueorgui StoyanovStarsStefan MavrodiyevPavel PopandovItschak FintziTwo young people living in the country decide to move to the big city by all means. They set off hitch-hiking, but on the road uncertainty and remorse seize them. Is that the right decision? In their journey they face both good intentions and perfidy. Do they finally arrive in the big city or come back to their village?
- DirectorBorislav PunchevStarsGeorgi KaloyanchevIvan GrigorovGeorgi PartsalevIn order to shorten the completion period of a new work area, the director promises that he will organize a grand concert of famous opera singers at the opening of the new hall. There is an unexpected problem - there is no grand piano. The brigadier sends one of his workers to look for the instrument in the town. He finds himself in a very mysterious new world. After a series of comic situations, he manages to find the grand piano. The grand piano is in the production hall. The order of the day is completed, but is that enough?
- DirectorPetar B. VasilevStarsApostol KaramitevGeorgi KaloyanchevGinka StanchevaA dentistry student, graduating with honor, does not get the desired job and has to start working as a MASTER OF ALL TRADES in a construction company. He has to paint walls, clean chimneys, and fix water conduits. He is not able to accomplish any of these tasks and gets into funny situations all the time. He and his roommate, a good friend of his, quarrel over a girl. But this situation is a misunderstanding as well - the friends love different girls. A happy end is in sight.
- DirectorVladimir YanchevStarsGeorgi CherkelovRangel VulchanovGeorgi PopovIt all started with a small misunderstanding. A young journalist writes a feuilleton and submits it to the editor-in-chief together with a request for a leave of absence. The editor wants to grant his permission for leave of absence and to reject the feuilleton, but a mistake occurs and the short story is being published in the newspaper. The satire on the fictional protagonist is taken literally and many people are offended. They place the editorial offices under siege and request the journalist's resignation. Just before he is dismissed, it turns out that the superiors have liked his feuilleton. The intruders are driven back.
- DirectorIvan AndonovStarsFilip TrifonovVania TzvetkovaPetar PopyordanovThe authors of the film discuss the question where the limits of moral compromise lie.
- DirectorIvan AndonovStarsHristo ShopovGeorgi StaykovSofiya KuzevaThe 1960s was the time of Beatles and Rolling Stones, the time of sexual revolution. These events have their echo in Bulgarian English-learning school. The school order provokes a protest of the students due to the narrow-minded teachers.
- DirectorIvan AndonovStarsLyuben ChatalovVania TzvetkovaStefan MavrodiyevThe action takes place in the early years of socialist Bulgaria. The former merchant was found dead in his bed. Murder or suicide? How to explain the fact that the door of his room was locked, and an old bronze key was found on the inside of it?