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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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Zaches · 2010Zaches
2010
MovieComedyRomance
The film is a romantic comedy, inspired by the fairy-tale atmosphere of the Hofmann fantasies.
The Big Night Bathe · 1980The Big Night Bathe
★ 8.51980
MovieDrama
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?
We Were Young · 1961We Were Young
★ 7.41961
MovieDramaWar
During Second World War a beautiful love between two young people burns out against the background of the Nazi reality.
Life Flows Slowly By... · 1957Life Flows Slowly By...
★ 7.51957
MovieDrama
The fortunes of a group of partisans after the triumph of the socialist revolution.
On the Roofs at Night · 1988On the Roofs at Night
★ 8.01988
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.
Song of Man · 1954Song of Man
★ 6.01954
MovieDrama
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.
The Merry Man · 1987The Merry Man
★ 7.01987
MovieAnimation
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.
Jesse James vs. Lokum Shekerov · 1966Jesse James vs. Lokum Shekerov
★ 5.51966
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.
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