Lyuben Chatalov
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Birthday: February 24, 1950
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The Tesla Case
2023-03-31
The Tesla Case
Overview: The Tesla case is a contemporary story about the adventures of the ten-year-old Tony and Raya, who have become friends after the previous Curie case. As a promising young "inventor," Tony develops a wireless synthesis device inspired by eccentric scientist Nikola Tesla. Tony strongly believes that his discovery will solve the global energy crisis. For his disappointment he had to go to camp with his classmates. He calls for a company his beloved girlfriend and neighbor Raya, who gladly welcomes her because she is once again abandoned by her eternally traveling parents. Surviving nature will not be the only obstacle that Tony expects to be. Chief of local scouts, Victor, is jealous of Tony, decides to break his scientific experiments and win the heart of Paradise as she unfolds the mystery of a mysterious werewolf wandering in the woods.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: bg
Release Date: 2023-03-31
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The Sole Witness
1990-01-17
The Sole Witness
Overview: When a tired factory worker Christo Panov going home from work gets embroiled with a dispute with a bus driver, leading to threats of assault by the driver, that's bad enough. Then an irate passenger files charges against the driver. After the driver appears on the factory worker's doorstep with his wife and three children, pleading with him not to testify, he easily agrees. However, soon he learns that the woman who brought charges against the driver is now being charged by with slander. No matter what he does, someone will suffer unneccessarily.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bg
Release Date: 1990-01-17
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The Blessed
2020-09-30
The Blessed
Overview: Based on the book: "Bobby The Blessed and the other American" (2015) by Emil Andreev. Pure love, priceless medicine and a accidental meeting with the future president of the USA - John Kennedy change the life of a man. Bombardment in Sofia during 1944 make him lose his mind, but he saves his innocent soul.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bg
Release Date: 2020-09-30
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Rootless
2022-10-30
Rootless
Overview: Nikolay and Delya live all alone in a farm near the city, when one day their daughter Kalina visits them with her new family.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bg
Release Date: 2022-10-30
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Пътуващо кино
2019-08-24
Пътуващо кино
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: bg
Release Date: 2019-08-24
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Destiny
1983-10-29
Destiny
Overview: This is a film about old fashioned Bulgarian customs and moral rules. A pre-arranged marriage of two children is no obstacle to true love.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bg
Release Date: 1983-10-29
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The Black Swans
1984-09-17
The Black Swans
Overview: Violetta is a ballerina in a provincial town. She is the daughter of an opera singer and a violinist. The years pass in anticipation of the big role, and the men she meets do not understand her and she remains alone. When the chance finally comes - to play the role of Odette, Violetta realises she has failed.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bg
Release Date: 1984-09-17
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The Green Fields
1984-04-30
The Green Fields
Overview: Mitko does not like civilization. While buying materials for the renovation of the old family house, he unexpectedly buys a horse and cart. His family and friends disapprove of the sudden appearance of a horse in his house.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: bg
Release Date: 1984-04-30
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Reflections
1982-07-26
Reflections
Overview: Maya lives in Burgas on the coast of the Black Sea. She's a young woman trying to find herself. The film features the poetry of Petya Dubarova and is loosely inspired by her life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bg
Release Date: 1982-07-26
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Binka: To Tell a Story About Silence
2007-01-01
Binka: To Tell a Story About Silence
Overview: A film pioneer, Binka Zhelyazkova was at the forefront of political cinema under Bulgaria's Communist dictatorship. Though she remained faithful to the communist ideals she became an avid critic of the regime and brought upon herself the wrath of its censorship. As a result four of her nine films were shelved and released to the public only after the fall of the regime in 1989, and Binka Zhelyazkova became known as the bad girl of Bulgarian cinema. A provocative portrait that reveals the pressures and complexities that arise when art is made under totalitarianism.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: bg
Release Date: 2007-01-01
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Illusion
1980-11-03
Illusion
Overview: The intricate relations between an Artist, an Actress and a Poet are seen against the background of one of the most dramatic events in the recent history of Bulgaria: uprising, which broke out in 1923.
Genres: Fantasy Drama
Original Language: bg
Release Date: 1980-11-03
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Avalanche
1982-02-15
Avalanche
Overview: A team of climbers are preparing for their new mountain climbing expedition. They are brought together by their mutual love for this dangerous sport, for its challenges. They, however, differ in tempers, in problems and notions of honor and dignity. Already up in the mountain, they are expected to pull themselves together to the full, in order to succumb to the will of the leader and forget about the tensions, accumulated among the members of the team. The team of young mountaineers is scaling a difficult summit, but mid-way they are buried by an avalanche. Caught in the deadly vortex, each of the characters relieves the cherished moments of his or her life. Each character illustrates a separate theme. Nayden has to cope with the problems of leadership. Nikifor is his rival, who is destined to be the perennial number two. The Man ho Is Sensitive to Cold is preoccupied with the subject of friendship. Matters that are typically artist absorb the Poet, The Sculptor and the Cameraman.
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: bg
Release Date: 1982-02-15
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Dangerous Charm
1984-06-18
Dangerous Charm
Overview: He 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.
Genres: Comedy Thriller
Original Language: bg
Release Date: 1984-06-18
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Thou Who Art in Heaven
1990-01-22
Thou Who Art in Heaven
Overview: А dying man reveals to his young friend, a child of 8, the fairy world of music.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bg
Release Date: 1990-01-22
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Up in the Cherry Tree
1984-04-02
Up in the Cherry Tree
Overview: The adventures of a mischievous boy in his neighborhood during the summer break.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: bg
Release Date: 1984-04-02
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Tony
1991-09-16
Tony
Overview: Little Tony does not have a father, but her mother is just an obstacle. The child often stays outside the locked door while the mother has fun with another guest. Tony wanders in the streets or walks to Pipe doll artist's studio. Here the girl is immersed in a fairy-tale world, very different from the one around her. But Fipo has his own life and problems. Tony is not mad at her mother, loves her and wants to live with her. But for neighboring children, Tony is a bad example. Their parents are doing their best to put her in a boarding school without being interested in her opinion. Is this better for the little girl?
Genres: Family Drama
Original Language: bg
Release Date: 1991-09-16
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Damascena
2017-11-03
Damascena
Overview: The story follows a young boy's life which started in the Rose Valley. Nowadays - a grown up man, struggling to make his dream come true.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bg
Release Date: 2017-11-03
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Infernal Weapon
1982-11-01
Infernal Weapon
Overview: A knight is tasked with finding a mystical weapon.
Genres: Fantasy Adventure
Original Language: bg
Release Date: 1982-11-01
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Adaptation
1981-06-22
Adaptation
Overview: Where does the dividing line lie between insanity and supersensitive mentality? How should we treat people who act in a different way then we do? A young and gifted shrink sets up a group, using up-to-date and unknown methods. His idea is to socialize such people, to integrate them into a society they keep aloof from, and help them to survive.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bg
Release Date: 1981-06-22
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The Big Night Bathe
1980-12-01
The Big Night Bathe
Overview: Friends of different generations, practicing different professions, spend together their summer holidays at the seaside every year. It is sunny; they look carefree and happy. They know each other very well, they are used to each other. To such an extent, that bore becomes inevitable. It is boredom that incites them to play a dangerous game. The end is dramatic: a young boy gets killed. It is the moment to draw the bottom line. The question is: Isn't the death of the spirit worse than of the body?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bg
Release Date: 1980-12-01
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Surge of Tenderness
1983-09-19
Surge of Tenderness
Overview: The end of World War II. The Bulgarian army is fighting the German one. Private Peycho Peychev known as Peychina is also at the frontier - a sensitive and timid person forced to witness the horrors of the war. His commanding officer keeps saying that at the end of a war the world is swept by a 'surge of tenderness'. After a serious injury, Peychina goes back to his birth place. The new ruling powers in the village try to win him over to their side but what he is really good at is holding the chisel, not the gun. He carves an image of Elena, a woman that he falls in love with. Yet, the surge of tenderness in the world seems to be canceled. Peychina comes to be responsible for the death of an anarchist and helps capture his commanding officer, who fights against the new rule. When the mayor hands him a gun again, he refuses to take it.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: bg
Release Date: 1983-09-19
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Only You, My Heart
1987-02-16
Only You, My Heart
Overview: The title of the film is taken from the popular Bulgarian song. This is a film about the life of a common Bulgarian worker. The action focuses on his family, his relatives, and his friends.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bg
Release Date: 1987-02-16
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Boomerang
1979-03-05
Boomerang
Overview: The last student days before the redistribution. The linguist must go to a remote village to work as a teacher. The outlook is not good at all for the ambitious man who published his own story and is searching for the realization of a career in literature. Mihail is looking for the possibility that will let him in Sofia. He is from countryside; his diploma is not of the highest merit; his career as an author is still not established. He meets by chance a famous writer. Soon the attitude of Mihail towards the writer becomes colder,, since he understands that he was used as an object of description. Mihail sees the situation as a deal - he offers "material" for the writer's novel for a note, needed for him to stay in Sofia. The writer's uncompromising nature breaks the deal and Mihail is traveling to the village or maybe to himself.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bg
Release Date: 1979-03-05
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Game of Love
1980-01-07
Game of Love
Overview: Lyubo is an actor in a provincial theater. He prepares for his role of Cirano De Bergerak from the play by Edmond Rostand. This is his dream role. His edge outside the theater is slowed down by the conformity of the artisan-ship. Lily is a pianist. She is taken by her pupils at the musician school. She wants to overcome her stage fright. Lyubo and Lily have never met. They know each other thanks to a wrongly dialed number. The culmination comes, just like in Rostand's play. The two arrange to meet, but Lyubo gets scared and he sends his friend - an unscrupulous boy. The one who gets the victory is not the one Lily loves.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bg
Release Date: 1980-01-07
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Day of Rulers
1986-09-22
Day of Rulers
Overview: The protagonist in this picture is legendary Bulgarian Khan Krum - a ruler in the beginning of IX century. In this period, Bulgaria ranked third in Europe in terms of territory and military power. It is Khan Krum who contributed to the union of Bulgarians and Slavs. He enforces unseen to that day laws against calumniators, thieves, violators. It stirs discontent among his closest men. The ruler is smart and just, but isn't he too severe? At what cost can one ensure order and progress in a state?
Genres: Drama History War
Original Language: bg
Release Date: 1986-09-22
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Stand By Me
2023-05-01
Stand By Me
Overview: An elderly painter wakes up in a wooden boat in the middle of the sea with no memory of who he is. The only thing he has in him is a letter he has yet to open to read. “Stand By Me” explores the depth of human connection, the fragility of memory, and the extraordinary courage it takes to love unconditionally in the face of an ever-changing reality.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bg
Release Date: 2023-05-01
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Brother of the Snail
2010-05-03
Brother of the Snail
Overview: Courage without truth. Truth in secret. A secret without a way out. Exit without salvation... Which is the right path of change?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bg
Release Date: 2010-05-03
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