Directing
Vulo Radev
Born January 1, 1923 · Lesidren, Bulgaria
Died March 28, 2001 · aged 78
Vulo Radev was a Bulgarian film director, writer, and cinematographer, who also did some script editing. Within the context of Bulgarian cinema, his films Цар и генерал and The Peach Thief have been praised for their "montage within the frame".
Known For
The Mandolin · 1973The Mandolin
★ 8.01973
MovieDrama
Gallows is being raised in a prison yard. A moment before the execution the Girl brings a document of the young communist's temporary pardon. The chief of the prison, the Major, has a mandolin collection. He offers a fistfight to the young communist. The young man hits him. The Major and the young communist start playing the mandolins together. Girl is allowed to meet the young communist. The boy begins to play. The melody brings to the Major pleasant memories. He fought in the Spanish civil war, but after the defeat, he turned back on his beliefs. The Major receives a telegram that he needs to send the young communist to another prison. Death awaits him there. In is rage the Major breaks the mandolins. He orders the young communist to be taken out to work. The young man runs off. The Major shoots him himself.
On the Eve · 1959On the Eve
★ 6.41959
MovieHistoryDrama
The story is set in the 1800s.Elena and Inzarov,a revolutionary Bulgarian ,fall in love.After secretly marrying they decide to join the liberation, but on the eve of departure Dmitry dies. Elena takes Inzarov's body to the Balkans .
The Peach Thief · 1964The Peach Thief
★ 7.11964
MovieDramaWar
The wife of a Bulgarian POW camp's warden falls in love with a Serbian prisoner at the end of World War I.
Adaptation · 1981Adaptation
★ 7.31981
MovieDrama
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.
Doomed Souls · 1975Doomed Souls
★ 7.01975
MovieDramaRomance
The events of the film are related to the Civil War in Spain. This is a film about the beauty of love - exotic and tragic and the maze of human feelings.
People of Dimitrovgrad · 1956People of Dimitrovgrad
★ 7.51956
MovieDrama
The construction of the first socialist town in Bulgaria - Dimitrovgrad.
Tsar and General · 1966Tsar and General
★ 8.31966
MovieDrama
The film is based on the conflict between the Monarch of Bulgaria -Tsar Boris III and general Vladimir Zaimov during the Second World War and discusses different understandings about heroism and self-sacrifice.
Years for Love · 1957Years for Love
★ 6.31957
MovieComedy
Dr Ganevski leaves his wife Maria and his grown-up children Rositza and Chavdar for Dr Troyanovska, who has been widowed by the war. Her son, Angel, a school dropout, is in love with Rositza. Rositza renounces her father. Up to a point, Chavdar can understand Ganevski's decision. Hoping to live in affluence, the boy moves in with his father's new family. Dr Ganevski cannot bring himself to visit his daughter who is ill with the pneumonia. On his birthday, which he celebrates at his father's, Chavdar feels terribly lonely and leaves him.
