Writing

Hristo Ganev

Born August 2, 1924 · Pavel banya, Kazanlak, Bulgaria

Died September 25, 2021 · aged 97

Hristo Ganev is a Bulgarian writer and film director. He was a member of the partisan unit "Chavdar" and took active participation in the antifascist resistance during WWII. He wrote the scripts for The Swimming Pool (1977), The Big Night Bathe (1980), and On the Roofs at Night (1988), directed by his wife Binka Zhelyazkova; as well as the scripts for a lot of short animated films. He directed a d…

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We Were Young

We Were Young · 1961

In 1940s wartime Bulgaria, a group of young student resistance fighters operate a secret printing press to distribute underground anti-fascist propaganda, while two members of the cell develop a romance that is continuously threatened by the surrounding political violence.

The Merry Man

The Merry Man · 1987

Everything is sunny, everything is colorful, but the most colorful is the flag of Veselyaka, with which he happily goes against the current, storms, and crowds. However, fate prepares trials for him, and each of them tears a piece of cloth from the waving flag, until in the end only the handle of the flag remains. Carrying this stick, the Jolly One joins the crowd. There are thousands like him, ferocious people with sticks.

Zaches

MovieComedyRomance

The film is a romantic comedy, inspired by the fairy-tale atmosphere of the Hofmann fantasies.

The Big Night Bathe

The Big Night Bathe · 1980

The Big Night Bathe

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?

All So Much Hogwash

All So Much Hogwash · 2017

All So Much Hogwash

Hristo Ganev's script is about the senseless war, the love that gives birth to the child of the wounded soldier and the nurse at the front...

A white shoulder for a black man

A white shoulder for a black man · 2024

A white shoulder for a black man

A film about the tornado of feelings that rages in the head of a white man, the guide of a blind black musician. The genius, immersed in darkness, gets acquainted with the world of others through the shoulder of his guide. The characters become entangled in a complex psychological relationship and emotional clash.

The Tenth Circle

The Tenth Circle · 1998

The Tenth Circle

MovieAnimationFantasy

For the hero of this grotesque, The Man, the nine circles of Hell are nothing more than a fun fair pavilion, a Sunday stroll in Disneyland, a trip on the roller coaster, and a ride on the Ferris wheel. There are nine circles in Hell, but life is the Ten Circle. Sartre says, "Hell - these are the others!" And maybe, we are all Hell... Jokingly, of course.

The Swimming Pool

The Swimming Pool · 1977

The Swimming Pool

Apostol, an architect on this side of forty, meets by chance Bella at a swimming pool on the night of her graduation party.

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We Were Young

We Were Young · 1961

In 1940s wartime Bulgaria, a group of young student resistance fighters operate a secret printing press to distribute underground anti-fascist propaganda, while two members of the cell develop a romance that is continuously threatened by the surrounding political violence.

Writer

The Merry Man

The Merry Man · 1987

Everything is sunny, everything is colorful, but the most colorful is the flag of Veselyaka, with which he happily goes against the current, storms, and crowds. However, fate prepares trials for him, and each of them tears a piece of cloth from the waving flag, until in the end only the handle of the flag remains. Carrying this stick, the Jolly One joins the crowd. There are thousands like him, ferocious people with sticks.

Writer

Zaches

MovieComedyRomance

The film is a romantic comedy, inspired by the fairy-tale atmosphere of the Hofmann fantasies.

Writer

The Big Night Bathe

The Big Night Bathe · 1980

The Big Night Bathe

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?

Writer

All So Much Hogwash

All So Much Hogwash · 2017

All So Much Hogwash

Hristo Ganev's script is about the senseless war, the love that gives birth to the child of the wounded soldier and the nurse at the front...

Writer

A white shoulder for a black man

A white shoulder for a black man · 2024

A white shoulder for a black man

A film about the tornado of feelings that rages in the head of a white man, the guide of a blind black musician. The genius, immersed in darkness, gets acquainted with the world of others through the shoulder of his guide. The characters become entangled in a complex psychological relationship and emotional clash.

Writer

The Tenth Circle

The Tenth Circle · 1998

The Tenth Circle

MovieAnimationFantasy

For the hero of this grotesque, The Man, the nine circles of Hell are nothing more than a fun fair pavilion, a Sunday stroll in Disneyland, a trip on the roller coaster, and a ride on the Ferris wheel. There are nine circles in Hell, but life is the Ten Circle. Sartre says, "Hell - these are the others!" And maybe, we are all Hell... Jokingly, of course.

Writer

The Swimming Pool

The Swimming Pool · 1977

The Swimming Pool

Apostol, an architect on this side of forty, meets by chance Bella at a swimming pool on the night of her graduation party.

Writer

On the Roofs at Night

On the Roofs at Night · 1988

On the Roofs at Night

MovieTV MovieDrama

Two girls with the same name—Nadezhda [Hope]—live in the same apartment. Great Nadezhda is isolated from other people. She has no other aspirations than to marry a man much older than her. Over time, she will realize that this is her father, whom her mother is hiding. A small Nadezhda is the complete opposite of a great Nadezhda. She lives for others. Take care of Grandpa. She opposes rudeness and meanness. Gradually, the two girls change places. They become two parts of one whole.

Writer

Life Flows Slowly By...

Life Flows Slowly By... · 1957

Life Flows Slowly By...

The fortunes of a group of partisans after the triumph of the socialist revolution.

Director

Song of Man

Song of Man · 1954

Scenes from the life and revolutionary activity of poet Nikola Vaptzarov are shown against the background of political life in Bulgaria on the eve of World War II.

Writer

Two Victories

Two Victories · 1956

MovieComedyMusic

The weaknesses and shortcomings in the work of some leaders in the years of the building of socialism are ridiculed.

Writer

Jesse James vs. Lokum Shekerov

Jesse James vs. Lokum Shekerov · 1966

Jesse James vs. Lokum Shekerov

MovieComedyTV Movie

American filmmakers associated with the mafia are concerned about the great success of Bulgarian films around the world. They decided to send a big spy, Jesse James, to Bulgaria. His task is to blow up the film studios. But the Bulgarian inspector Lokum Shekerov is at his post.