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Pazachyt na myrtvite ()


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A thirteen year old kid, "the boy", lives and works in a cemetery. The cemetery is his whole life, and growing up with the dead instills in him an obsession and respect for death. His friends depend on him: An unhappy old man, a former... See more »

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Vladimir Georgiev ...
The Boy
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Ivan
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Angel (as Itzhak Finzi)
Diana Dobreva ...
Maria
Nikolai Urumov ...
Director of the Cemetery
Malin Krastev
Plamen Sirakov ...
(as Plamen Serakov)
Dobrin Dosev
Valentin Tanev
Dimitar Nikolov
Liudmila Miteva
Maria Sapundzhieva
Dimitar Terziev
Grozdan Daskalov
Lyuba Aleksieva
Rumena Trifonova
Emil Atanasov

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Ilian Simeonov

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Ilian Simeonov ... ()

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Dimitar Gochev ... producer
Zahari Paunov ... executive producer

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Teodosi Spasov

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Dimitar Gochev

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Svetlana Kirilova

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Dimitar Karakashev ... supervising editor
Doychin Margoevski ... colorist
Vesela Videlova ... assistant editor

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Doriana Kebedzhieva

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Asen Dimitrov ... production assistent
Elena Melamed ... production manager

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Nikolay Popov ... on-set dresser (as Nicholas Belvedere)
Borislav Rizov ... leadman

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Ivan Andreev ... sound editor
Svetlosar Georgiev ... re-recording mixer / sound mixer
Valery Metodiev ... boom operator
Ivaylo Natzev ... studio sound engineer
Aleksandar Trayanov ... cable man (as Alexander Trayanov)

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Iliya Atanasov ... digital artist
Tinko Dimov ... digital compositor
Alex Filipov ... visual effects supervisor
Georgi Karantilski ... digital artist
Borislav Konstantinov ... visual effects
Dragomir Sarachev ... digital effects artist
Liubomir Savov ... digital effects artist
Georgi Sotirov Sotirov ... research & development support

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Rosen Daskalov ... camera operator
Georgi Georgiev ... key grip
Anton Ognianov ... assistant camera
Georgi Raykov ... steadicam operator
Alexander Stanishev ... assistant camera

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Christopher Bojilov ... opticals / titles
Atanas Marinov ... financial & tax advisor

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Plot Summary

A thirteen year old kid, "the boy", lives and works in a cemetery. The cemetery is his whole life, and growing up with the dead instills in him an obsession and respect for death. His friends depend on him: An unhappy old man, a former political prisoner yearning for death, and makeup artist for deceased, a former artist who dreams of painting a masterpiece. The boy does what he can to help them. The old man attempts suicide, but upon learning the date of his death and seeing his beautiful plot chosen for him by the boy, he is able to bear his life. Upon meeting the beautiful Maria, "the boy" gives the former artist a surprise date with her. But when Maria and the artist become closer, the boy realizes that she is the daughter of the old man. The kid thinks the old man would die unhappy if he knew of her existence and so decides to hide the truth. Written by Anonymous

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Also Known As
  • Пазачът на мъртвите (Bulgaria, Bulgarian title)
  • Warden of the Dead (World-wide, English title)
  • Επιστάτης νεκρών (Greece)
  • Strażnik grobów (Poland)
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  • 105 min
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Trivia Bulgaria's Official Submission to the Best Foreign Language Film Category of the 80th Annual Academy Awards (2008). See more »

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