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- Numerous herds graze on the Rhodope Mountain. The bells are ringing. Shepherds with the help of scientists create a new breed of sheep with a fine-wool wave. Their work is compared to the legend of the Golden Fleece. The film shows the pathetic tone of documentary Bulgarian cinema in the 50s of the 20th century. The usual fact-the choice of sheep-is presented as an epic drama. As the apotheosis of scientific activity, we see huge chambers of sheep's wool.
- The camera tracks one day of the life of the miners in the city of Pernik. Above the ground, the city is like all the others, but below it is another world. Generations have passed through the mining pits. The harsh beauty of mining work can be found in the fate of each individual.
- The film supposedly shows us the work routine of miners in the Rhodope Mountains. Trolleys fly day and night on cable cars over peaks and valleys. This film is not like the others with such a theme, made in the 50s and 60s of the 20th century. Two authors - a director and a cinematographer - have just completed their education in Europe. They apply the lessons of great directors like Joris Ivens. The film has a clear graphic image solution. Abstract music also contradicts the official requirements.
- This is a film poem in four parts. It represents the first four days after Algeria's declaration of independence in 1962. The film crew has been working in the country for three months. It documents the time from the end of the war to the signing of official documents. Footage was taken from the Algerian National Liberation Army. There are episodes of refugees exiled to the mountains of Morocco and Tunisia. Ordinary people from towns and villages, from Muslim and European Algeria are represented. These shots alternate with shots of the celebration of the National Day.
- A German ammunition transport has been blown up. The members of a combat cell hurry to get away. Only one of them, the fair-haired man, manages to get through the police cordon. He soon reaches the safe house and drops into the bed. Suddenly, he confronts by the Turtledove, a thief, who has taken refuge in the same garret. They both have the same social background. The tense hours spent waiting for the dawn draw them together. The fair-haired man ideas touch a responsive chord in the Turtledove. When the police surround the house, the Turtledove experiences a change of heart. He decides to share the dangerous life of his new friend. However, the fair-haired man is shot dead. A cry of anguish echoes from the heartless walls of the neighborhood: "Is there anyone there? They have killed a man, can you hear me?"Votes10
- On a bright day loudspeakers blare out choral songs which blend with the marches played by brass bands. A light plane scatters leaflets. Everybody stretch out their hands to catch the falling pieces of paper and look up smiling. Several leaflets fly by the wall, which has a memorial plague, fixed on it: "Vaskata, an antifascist resister, died here in 1942." The action takes us back to the years of antifascist resistance. Chased by the police, Vaskata tries to escape and hide the leaflets he carries. Ringed around, he will not surrender. He climbs on top of the high-rise, scatters the leaflets and jumps with them.
- The film is a visual essay about labor in the extraction of stone lime. The camera tracks one production cycle of lime extraction - furnace construction, ignition of the furnace. . .
- A group of young people leaves by train. A young man is sleeping in the compartment. He's having a dream: a door with a lock in the middle of the field; behind it - the interior of the room; young people talk about dignity, work, claims, ambitions. They ask themselves: how do we look at the new way of life? What is the meaning of life? What should we do? They are looking for an answer to the question: Who is dreaming of whom - does he dream of us or do we dream of him? . . Young people are on the train. He's leaving.
- This is a five-episode crime series. In each episode, a new crime is investigated. The action takes place in our days and in the past, in a hotel, in a village, in a hospital, in a private house. At the end of each episode, the perpetrators are caught and punished.Votes16
- An informative film about alcoholism as a psychological disease, and about a new method of treating alcoholics through the use of hypnosis. Filmed in Bulgaria in near-documentary style, using real patients and therapists.
- This is a 12-episode family TV series. The fate of the two brothers, their mother, their spouses, their children, and their families follows. Conflicts are typical for such series - between spouses, between generations. Finally, both the old and the young get together for a joint dinner. It is believed to be the first Bulgarian TV series, despite claims by some other producers to end up with a prestigious priority.Votes10
- The plot of this 5-episode TV movie was based on the memories of a number of Bulgarians who collaborated with Soviet intelligence during World War II.Votes7
- The film is a poetic report about the tour of the Children's Choir "Bodra Smyana" in Japan. It tracks the children's experiences, the success of their concerts, friendships with their Japanese peers, and the sad breakup at the end of the tour.
- This is an anti-war film made during the World Youth Festival in Sofia. The day dedicated to Vietnam is a reminder that there are still wars that threaten the lives of young people.
- Shooting of a picture: to those, familiar with movies only from the screen, it is a entertainment. So, in a quiet Sofia street, a shooting crew starts their work. Bypassing begin to throng, curious people are looking out of the windows of the surrounding buildings. A scene is being shot of s short dialogue between the protagonists. It goes wrong all the time and is never complete. The mess gets beyond the comical, the true relations between the members of grew show and they do not look that excellent. At long last, the final scene is shot and the street is quiet again.Votes91
- This 12-episode TV movie tells about the fight against fascism of Major Nikola Deyanov, known in the intelligence service by the code name Sergei. Witnessing the murder of his father, little Nikola seals the memory. He took a training course in Moscow and returned to Bulgaria to pursue the enemies of the people. The two main characters who embody opposites and are in constant confrontation are Major Deyanov and Bogdan Velinsky. Deyanov was a united model of Bulgarian Communist Party's figures during the years of communist resistance. He is a committed communist whose father was killed in the September 1923 uprising. He later became a Soviet intelligence agent. He is emotional, he exudes a boyish Charm, sometimes manifests himself as a playboy. Velinsky has a prototype for the chief of police from the Kingdom of Bulgaria, Nikolai Geshev. He was a young and breakthrough police officer, later elevated to the head of the secret service of the kingdom, and after September 9, 1944, became an agent of American intelligence. Velinski is calculating, with a cool and witty mind. He refrains from being too cruel to the Communists.Votes380
- On the old Sofia street "Rakovski" the past and the present meet. There are commemorative plates. On this street there are five theaters, houses-museums of the writer Ivan Vazov and the poet Yavorov. There are other memorable buildings associated with Bulgarian history.
- A 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.Votes279
- This 10-episode TV movie tells the story of the fate and adventures of the elusive "demon" of the Turkish Empire-Vasil Levski. The film tells about the struggle of the Bulgarians for national independence.Votes44
- This is a pathetic account of the successes of socialist Bulgaria on the eve of the 10th Congress of the Bulgarian Communist Party. Successes should be presented in various fields-in agriculture, industry, electronics, and education. The author uses interviews, surveys, and a hidden camera to demonstrate statistical and human measurements of what has been achieved. The film also has lyrical deviations.
- The second part of the series consists of 13 episodes. During the entire first part, Major Deyanov and Velinsky are in a constant direct clash, defeating one or the other. In the second part, Velinsky appears less often, but continues to be the main negative character. He became the head of an International "spy factory" aimed at destroying the new order in Bulgaria. Major Deyanov and Mitko Bomba (who is already referred to as "Captain Bombov"), under the command of the head of the Bulgarian counterintelligence act against spies and saboteurs sent by Velinsky and American spies.Votes110
- The film traces the fate of several non-professional actors who have played significant roles in Bulgarian films. A narrative of their lives after they stopped acting in movies.
- The protagonist, Redjep Kozarev has built 53 drinking water fountains in the Rhodope Mountains, without leaving his name on them, as "the good deed is lost with the signature".
- The grand auto-tour of Bulgaria begins. Excellent drivers take part in it. The Bonev brothers are in the Bulgarian team. They have decided to win this race no matter what. With great efforts, they manage to get ahead from the rest. An unexpected problem arises - some rocks nave fallen on the road. The confident drivers manage to avoid the crash closely. Their road to victory is open. However, a feeling of responsibility arises. There will be accidents for sure. The brothers stay at he crash site to warn the other.Votes27
- The story of the village brass band is told through the memories of its musicians. It goes back to their poor childhood and lasts for fifty years. The music gave these village musicians the confidence that their lives had not been in vain.
- The film takes place a failed meeting between the residents of a nursing home and their children. For many years, the elderly were not visited by their sons and daughters. They didn't even get any letters from them. Old people still live in the hope that they will not be forgotten. And their children-people already in age-try to justify their callousness with ridiculous arguments.
- The film is a documentary about the fate of a young woman who operates a large crane. She faces difficulties in her life and work, and overcomes the prejudices of others.
- A conflict arises between two men - the Chairman of the collective farm Popeto and the only private farmer Dragan. The statements of the Chairman are that "he is the socialism", "he is the democratic centralism". Instead of bringing people together, that only complicated process in their everyday lives. Dragan does not approve of his policy. Only the interventions of the young specialists help to complete the merging. The Chairman steps down. The only private owner proudly joins the collective farm.Votes25
- The film promotes the self-esteem of the socialist worker. The subject of the story is the daily life of a construction crew that built large industrial enterprises.
- A former history teacher, currently a house painter is broke before the New Year. Faith meets him with the rich man, who wants his living room to be painted by 4 o'clock for a hefty pay. The father and his six children begin the heavy task with a song. When all is done, the rich man calls that he is going to pay the house painter on the 2nd of January. The father decides to celebrate New Year no matter what. He leads his "hungry army" to the New Year boots, reads them fairy tales from the books, and gives them guns to shoot, which he gives back to the baffled owners without paying. However, he sees the children piled up at a meatball maker's shop. Then he takes the whole family to the rich man house and makes a feast with the roast pork of the owner. The joy seems to be complete. In the morning, the kids are still sleeping when the painter gets his ladder and leaves for the city.Votes86
- Absurd grotesque. A young couple dream of having a wardrobe. When they buy it the wardrobe begins to totally manipulate their life - it orders their deeds, sets their taste, enslaves them.Votes15
- Simeon is a promising player in the Bulgarian football team. A foreign football manager promises Simeon a career in a foreign team with a lot of money and fame. There is speculation behind this proposal. The goal is for Simeon to simulate a weak game at a Bulgarian team meeting with a foreign team. In addition, a young footballer must also overcome love misunderstandings.
- We are introduced by the colorful account of two heroes of the victorious September 9, 1944 uprising. Pavel Toshev and Pano Nikov are two simple peasants who, although well-to-go, took an active part in the resistance movement in Lovech district. After the victory they remained peasants and despite their advanced age have been selflessly working to master the complex agricultural problems.
- People from different parts of Bulgaria work in the mines of Sheshkingrad. The only luxury is beautiful nature, but the miners don't care about that. Their hard work robs them of all spirituality.
- 1941. Yevgeny Milev is a young provincial doctor . The young apolitical surgeon specialized in Germany. During the spring morning walks, Yevgeny met several times with an unknown, mysterious girl, whom she could not forget. Thanks to the secret combination of his colleague, Yevgeny found this girl the most unexpected in his apartment. A young girl, Rositsa Eneva, is a leading regional communist functionary. She came with a purpose-surgeon Yevgeny , to save the life of a wounded partisan instructor from the Soviet Union. After the surgical intervention (performed with perfect precision), Rositsa can't stand it and gives free rein to her love feelings. Rositsa Eneva is trapped, wounded, and sentenced to death. Yevgeny manages to replace the death sentence of Rositsa Eneva with a life prison. Yevgeny met people from the resistance and helped them with medicines. He was discovered and sent to a concentration camp. Along the way, he managed to escape, becoming the doctor of the partisan detachment. The story reverses the fates of two lovers with the onslaught of the Red Army on the Eastern Front. Their love, which is impossible due to circumstances, becomes realistic again.Votes13
- This is a two-part crime film about a murder between friends in the international drug trade.Votes10
- This is the first criminal television action filmed by the Bulgarian National Television. It consists of 10 episodes.Votes20
- A rich merchant of the late 19th century cannot cope with his frivolous wife and vain daughter. They dream of Europe and civilization. For them, civilization is about clothes, ointments, lipsticks, and subtle manners : curtsies, hand-kissing, refined behavior. The comedy satirizes the epigonian behavior of uneducated people.Votes41
- Three sailors are involved in a dangerous and funny adventure abroad.Votes8
- A teacher in the village organizes a drawing school. Children receive many international awards. Some adults help and enjoy success. But there are people who don't like the teacher. . .
- The days of the week alternate each other. Factories, production, motorcars pollute the air. An industrial manager promises to tackle the issue, a scientist elaborates on it. Boards and signs related to the issue: smoked cheese, smoked fish, no-smoking areas and right after that - factory chimneys, churning out smoke, exhaust-pipes of buses and cars... The blanket of the polluted air covers everything. It is only thanks to the imitator that one could hear the birds singing...
- This film is psychological and social group portrait of women who grow tobacco. Sarah is their undisputed leader. She is a courageous woman who should be above the rest. In the world of the heroine, a side and insignificant place is reserved for the man.Votes10
- The main street of major Bulgarian cities is a place where young and old people go in the evenings. In the jargon, this is called a "scraper". These evening walks are driven by inner forces and unwritten laws. The film tries to explain this phenomenon from a socio-psychological point of view.
- Early 20th century. Boyanov, a small clerk, works at a postal station on the border. He feels lonely and unhappy. He builds an imaginary world. In his fantasy, the clerk finds his love.
- Vera - former Soviet intelligence service - recognizes today, in Sofia, the Gestapo man Ranke. Only one person can confirm the identity of Ranke - Eva. Eva has been the secretary of the German resident in Sofia. Vera found Eva in Berlin, brought her to Sofia, but the German woman did not confirm Ranke's identity. Her negative response prompted a second search for an answer about what happened in Sofia during World War II.Votes19
- The film is based on Zahari Stoyanov's "Notes On Bulgarian Uprisings", a classic late-19th-century memoir. The narrative revolves round the preparation, the ups and downs, and the crushing of Bulgarian uprising against the Ottoman domination, which broke in April 1876. An event of great significance for the awakening of the national consciousness of the Bulgarian people, it attracted and held the attention of the European public. People across the continent were shocked by the bloody outrages of the oppressors. The film manages to present a sweeping picture of the complex and contradictory nature of the events it deals with. Revolutionary fervor, self-sacrifice and breath-taking heroism had to fight against crushing odds: the immense numerical superiority of the enemy, as well as certain instance of cowardice, dastardliness and even infamous treason. The film examines the personal experience of the leaders of the uprising, its heroes and martyrs (very successfully impersonated by a cast of young actors) against a background of fearsome upheavals and in the face of moments of greatness and downfalls, triumphs and defeats.Votes46
- The TV series are based on Zahari Stoyanov's "Notes On Bulgarian Uprisings", a classic late-19th-century memoir. The narrative revolves round the preparation, the ups and downs, and the crushing of Bulgarian uprising against the Ottoman domination, which broke in April 1876. An event of great significance for the awakening of the national consciousness of the Bulgarian people, it attracted and held the attention of the European public. People across the continent were shocked by the bloody outrages of the oppressors. The TV series manage to present a sweeping picture of the complex and contradictory nature of the events it deals with. Revolutionary fervor, self-sacrifice and breath-taking heroism had to fight against crushing odds: the immense numerical superiority of the enemy, as well as certain instance of cowardice, dastardliness and even infamous treason. The TV series examine the personal experience of the leaders of the uprising, its heroes and martyrs (very successfully impersonated by a cast of young actors) against a background of fearsome upheavals and in the face of moments of greatness and downfalls, triumphs and defeats.Votes102
- The intelligence officer Emil Boev is back. All are residents, and the purpose of the missions is different.Votes14
- This is a film from the so-called "anti-fascist theme" series. An attempt was made to tell about the partisans not through heroic battles, but through personal stories. The main idea of the film is to tell about the belief in a friend.