A Peasant on a Bicycle (film)
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A Peasant on a Bicycle is a Bulgarian film released in 1974.
The passage of time cannot erase the past, the memories, the dreams. The big city absorbs the life of a man with a delicate soul and adherence to the countryside and his native village in particular. He finds salvation in love but the illusion is shattered by the reality.
Genre: Drama, Melodrama
Burning with love for both Maglena and the country life he starts persuading managers and colleagues, in the factory where he works, to move one of the workshops to the village of Yugla. He dreams that the far-off days of rural vitality can be born anew. He believes that in this way the young people will come back. But his nostalgia is not understood by the people. No one follows him. Moreover, he becomes gradually aware that Maglena, his new love, is from the different world of the new generation. He finally understands that those times are long gone and the only things remaining are the bicycle and loneliness.
The film is also translated as The Peasant with the Bike
Filmed: 1974; Premiere: 22.November.1974
The film was released on DVD in 2000s.
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The film was subsumed among the 50 golden Bulgarian films in the book by the journalist Pencho Kovachev. The book was published in 2008 by "Zahariy Stoyanov" publishing house.
There were the following publications:
Moscow International Film Festival
'75
The passage of time cannot erase the past, the memories, the dreams. The big city absorbs the life of a man with a delicate soul and adherence to the countryside and his native village in particular. He finds salvation in love but the illusion is shattered by the reality.
Genre: Drama, Melodrama
Plot
Born in the small village of Yugla, Yordan (Gets) lives with his family in the nearby town. Filled with homesickness he takes every opportunity, traveling usually by his bicycle, to visit the more and more depopulated village. And that's how, mounted on the bike his life passes between the town and Yugla. During one of the visits to his old home he meets the newly appointed young pharmacist Maglena (Chelebieva). She is accommodated in his country house. Little by little Yordan falls in love with her.Burning with love for both Maglena and the country life he starts persuading managers and colleagues, in the factory where he works, to move one of the workshops to the village of Yugla. He dreams that the far-off days of rural vitality can be born anew. He believes that in this way the young people will come back. But his nostalgia is not understood by the people. No one follows him. Moreover, he becomes gradually aware that Maglena, his new love, is from the different world of the new generation. He finally understands that those times are long gone and the only things remaining are the bicycle and loneliness.
Production
Production company:- Studio of Featured Films (SFF) - a Film Unit HEMUSHemusHemus is a genus of spider crab in the family Majidae. It contains four species:* Hemus analogus Rathbun, 1898* Hemus cristulipes A. Milne-Edwards, 1875* Hemus finneganae Garth, 1958* Hemus magalae Windsor & Felder, 2011...
The film is also translated as The Peasant with the Bike
- Director:Lyudmil KirkovLyudmil KirkovLyudmil Kirkov was a Bulgarian film director and actor.He directed some 15 films between 1961 and 1987, including Orkestar bez ime in 1981, for which he was named Best Director by the Union of Bulgarian Film Artists; and Ravnovesie, winner of the Silver Prize at the 1983 Moscow International Film...
- Writer: Georgi Mishev
- Director of Photography: Georgi Rusinov
- Music: Boris Karadimchev
Filmed: 1974; Premiere: 22.November.1974
The film was released on DVD in 2000s.
Cast
- Georgi Georgiev - GetsGeorgi Georgiev-GetzGeorgi Ivanov Georgiev, best known as Georgi Georgiev-Getz , was a Bulgarian actor. He was born on 4 October 1926 in the village of Razpopovtsi, now a district of the town of Elena. Plays in the Ivan Vazov National Theatre all the time since 1953 up to his death...
as Yordan - Georgi RusevGeorgi RusevGeorgi Iliev Rusev was a Bulgarian theatre and film actor.Rusev created a real gallery of colorful characters for about four decades in the film industry. He became famous as a master of the so called "second plan roles".-Biography and Career:...
as Docho Bulgurov - Diana Chelebieva as Maglena
- Evstati Stratev as the fellow-countryman
- Svetoslav Peev as Angel
- Lili Eneva as Yordan's wife
- Zlatina Doncheva as Docho Bulgurov's wife
- Georgi Kishkilov as Kaytashev
- Mariana Alamancheva as Tancheto
Response
A reported 1,009,283 admissions were recorded for the film in cinemas throughout BulgariaBulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
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The film was subsumed among the 50 golden Bulgarian films in the book by the journalist Pencho Kovachev. The book was published in 2008 by "Zahariy Stoyanov" publishing house.
There were the following publications:
- Film News Magazine, vol. 12-1974,p. 7 - by I. Bozhinova
- Otechestven Front news paper, vol.9321-21.11.1974 - by E. Vasileva
- FILM ART magazine, vol. 10,1973,p. 89 - published the screenplay
- Bulgarian Film Magazine, vol.5, 1975,p. 14 - by G. Mishev
- National Culture news paper, vol. 49-30.11.1974 - by V. Naydenova
- New Films Magazine, vol.12-1974
- Film News Magazine, vol. 5-1974,p. 2 - by M.Racheva
Awards
FBFF Varna'74 (Festival for Bulgarian Featured Films)- Second Award for director Lyudmil KirkovLyudmil KirkovLyudmil Kirkov was a Bulgarian film director and actor.He directed some 15 films between 1961 and 1987, including Orkestar bez ime in 1981, for which he was named Best Director by the Union of Bulgarian Film Artists; and Ravnovesie, winner of the Silver Prize at the 1983 Moscow International Film...
, screenwriter Georgi Mishev and the cameraman Georgi Rusinov - The Critics Award
- Award for best actor in a leading role for Georgi Georgiev - GetsGeorgi Georgiev-GetzGeorgi Ivanov Georgiev, best known as Georgi Georgiev-Getz , was a Bulgarian actor. He was born on 4 October 1926 in the village of Razpopovtsi, now a district of the town of Elena. Plays in the Ivan Vazov National Theatre all the time since 1953 up to his death...
Moscow International Film Festival
Moscow International Film Festival
Moscow International Film Festival , is the film festival first held in Moscow in 1959. From its inception to 1995 it was held every second year in July, alternating with the Karlovy Vary festival. The festival has been held annually since 1995....
'75
- Award for best actor in a leading role for Georgi Georgiev - GetsGeorgi Georgiev-GetzGeorgi Ivanov Georgiev, best known as Georgi Georgiev-Getz , was a Bulgarian actor. He was born on 4 October 1926 in the village of Razpopovtsi, now a district of the town of Elena. Plays in the Ivan Vazov National Theatre all the time since 1953 up to his death...
- Award from Soviet Screen Magazine