Stefan Danailov

Acting

Stefan Danailov

Born December 9, 1942 · Sofia, Bulgaria

Died November 27, 2019 · aged 76

Stefan Lambov Danailov (Bulgarian: Стефан Ламбов Данаилов) (born 9 December 1942) is a Bulgarian actor and former Minister of Culture of Bulgaria (August 2005 – July 2009). The first film Danailov took part in was The Traces Remain (Следите остават) when he was a child. At that time he did not want to be an actor but in 1966, he graduated from VITIZ (Bulgarian Theatre Academy). His best-known wor…

Known For

The Weddings of Ioan AssenThe Weddings of Ioan Assen · 1975
The Weddings of Ioan Assen
8.31975
MovieDrama
The film takes us back into the times of the Second Bulgarian Kingdom - 13th century. The Bulgarian Emperor - Tsar Ioan Assen - is trying through several marriages to enlarge the State and to support the peace in it.
Maneuvers on the Fifth FloorManeuvers on the Fifth Floor · 1985
Maneuvers on the Fifth Floor
7.91985
MovieComedy
Three colleagues and devoted friends – Danton, Petar and Andrey – share an office, and not only, on the fifth floor of a socialist industrial research institute from the mid-eighties. Every morning when they come to work they lock the door of the office and, armed with binoculars and great interest, they begin watching the aerobics exercises of a young girl in the nearby building. Suddenly, their tranquil daily round is disturbed - a new director takes over the Institute and decides to develop close scientific partnerships with similar institutes in Japan.
NonaNona · 1973
Nona
6.01973
MovieDramaDrama
The beginning of the 20th century. The young Nona comes back to her father's farm from Switzerland. She meets colonel Galchev. The officer expresses his love for her. The teacher Yosif who is in love with Nona organizes a revolt of the villagers with no property. Armed villagers rob the farm. Galchev and his soldiers arrive. During the shooting, the colonel is killed. Nona accuses Yosif of Galchev's death. The carriage of Nona's fiancé, who travels from Switzerland to the village, passes by the coffin with Galchev's body. A second after the fiancé enters her house Nona kills herself.
TrapTrap · 1989
Trap
10.01989
MovieDramaWar
At the heart of the story is a rural schoolteacher who, in 1944, leaves his native Bessarabia as the Red Army advances with heavy fighting. The gentle, cultured Sebastian Radu has every reason to avoid meeting the so-called liberators. And not just because one of the new regime’s first measures will be a background check, and Radu will have to write “noble” in the “social origin” field. The point is, our protagonist already has some experience dealing with representatives of the “new world.”
Houses Without FencesHouses Without Fences · 1974
Houses Without Fences
8.01974
Movie
Misho becomes an orphan. The good people from the neighborhood take care of him until the child is placed in an orphanage. Everyone is trying to bring joy to the kid. However, Misho is searching for his mother's love in their eyes. Now the people are being kind to him, but there is always an invisible wall. Maybe uncle Elenko is the most sincere, since he shows his feelings in a tragic moment when Misho gets on a roof of a construction site. However, why does he care for Misho end with him convincing him to go to the orphanage?
Queen of TurnovoQueen of Turnovo · 1981
Queen of Turnovo
8.51981
MovieDrama
The action takes place at the beginning of the 20th century in the provincial Bulgarian town, Turnovo. A rich young doctor suffers because of his love to his housemaid. Meanwhile the First World War is beginning.
ReunionReunion · 2019
Reunion
6.52019
MovieComedyRomance
Three friends return from abroad and every one of them comes upon at something from his past. Finally they go to their hometown to save the house of one of their childhood friends from being demolished.
The Central WarmthThe Central Warmth · 1978
The Central Warmth
7.91978
MovieComedy
A tenement house needs to have steam heating installed. The residents find the necessary workers to do it, sign the contract and pay them in advance. The workers show up and start their job, but disappear immediately. Panic-stricken, the residents set up to search for them, only to find the workers in jail. Totally desperate, their only chance is to come up with an ingenious plan how to bring the work to the end.

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