Ivan Andonov

Directing

Ivan Andonov

Born May 3, 1934 · Plovdiv, Bulgaria

Died December 29, 2011 · aged 77

From Wikipedia Ivan Andonov (3 May 1934 – 29 December 2011) was a Bulgarian film director and actor. He directed more than thirty films.

Known For

EolomeaEolomea · 1972
Eolomea
5.41972
MovieDramaScience Fiction
Eight space cargo-ships disappear without a trace within three days, and the orbit station "Margot" has suddenly fallen silent. It’s down to science officer Maria Scholl to find out what happened to them.
Dangerous CharmDangerous Charm · 1984
Dangerous Charm
8.31984
MovieComedyThriller
He is well educated, charming, and gallant - a dream for each lonely lady. In reality he is a skillful swindler, who robs naive women. Cheating merchants with guilty consciences are his targets as well. This is the elusive protagonist of the movie. He constantly changes his name, stages his own death, and travels from town to town. His exploits are myriad and his life is an endless adventure. Yet, he remains an amiable swindler, an unrealized actor, whose only goal is make his life more interesting.
DetourDetour · 1967
Detour
7.61967
MovieRomanceDrama
When a road construction detour forces former lovers Boyan and Neda to cross paths after seventeen years, they are compelled to spend a day traveling together toward Sofia. Their idealistic romance in the 1950s contrasts with their current lives as disillusioned, middle-aged professionals. As they talk, they confront the personal and social choices that led to their eventual separation.
TroubleTrouble · 1967
Trouble
7.01967
MovieAnimation
The film is an allegory about the labyrinth through which human life passes.
Windows of TimeWindows of Time · 1969
Windows of Time
8.01969
MovieScience Fiction
Five social misfits undergo cryogenic suspension. When they awake in the far distant future, they find a world devastated by nuclear war. Yet they discover that each of them has some personal involvement - and responsibility - for the series of the events that ended in the destruction of the world they knew.
YesterdayYesterday · 1988
Yesterday
7.91988
MovieDrama
The 1960s was the time of Beatles and Rolling Stones, the time of sexual revolution. These events have their echo in Bulgarian English-learning school. The school order provokes a protest of the students due to the narrow-minded teachers.
Adio, RioAdio, Rio · 1989
Adio, Rio
7.01989
MovieDramaHorror
Stoev, a talented architect is working in Rio de Janeiro. All along the design stages, Stoev's understanding has been that he would be going together with his assistant architect. However, the company chief secretly decides to change the terms and go instead of the assistant, threatening Stoev to cancel the whole deal if he doesn't comply. Stoev is left with the dilemma to betray a colleague and friend, or to miss the greatest opportunity in his career. When Stoev is about to choose the former, a mysterious dead body appears in his life.
On the Small IslandOn the Small Island · 1958
On the Small Island
7.51958
MovieDrama
In the 1920s several dozen political prisoners are exiled on a small island in the Black Sea awaiting sentencing. The old sea wolf and adventurer Kostadin (nicknamed Costa Rica) is planning an escape together with а carpenter named Zheko, an idealistic student and a doctor.

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The Golden ToothThe Golden Tooth · 1962
The Golden Tooth
9.01962
MovieCrime
Captain Lipovanski is badly wounded during World War II. The Germans take him prisoner. After the end of the war, he is set free in a foreign country. He has been deceived that he was sentenced to death as a deserter and that his pregnant wife had died in a Bulgarian concentration camp. He trains for subversive activities against his own country. He is given the codename 'Golden Tooth'. Eager for revenge, he arrives in Bulgaria. There he learns that an agent provocateur has killed his wife, that his child is safe and has been raised in a nursery, and that he himself is respected as a hero. Golden Tooth sets out to eliminate his accomplices. With a file containing valuable documents, the traitors prepare their escape abroad. The spies are caught at the border. Golden Tooth kills the last of the traitors and dies driving his lorry into a precipice.

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