Orkestar bez ime is a comedy

Comedy

Comedy , as a popular meaning, is any humorous discourse or work generally intended to amuse by creating laughter, especially in television, film, and stand-up comedy. This must be carefully distinguished from its academic definition, namely the comic theatre, whose Western origins are found in...

 movie released in Bulgaria

Bulgaria

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...

 in 1981

1981 in film

-Events:*January 19 - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer acquires beleaguered concurrent United Artists. UA was humiliated by the astronomical losses on the $40,000,000 movie Heaven's Gate, a major factor in the decision of owner Transamerica to sell it....

. It was directed by Lyudmil Kirkov

Lyudmil Kirkov

Lyudmil 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...

 and written by Stanislav Stratiev

Stanislav Stratiev

-Biography:Stanislav Stratiev was a Bulgarian playwright, screenwriter, and author. He began his career as a journalist while studying for an MA in Literature at Sofia University...

. The movie describes the life of the young generation in Bulgaria in the late seventies and early eighties. It is about dreams and reality, friendship, love… and something more (the favorite expression of Reni in the movie).

Plot

Vanya, Velko, Filip, Pavel and Gosho establish a band with a lead singer, Vanya (who is the girlfriend of Filip). They hope to make it to one of the big seaside resorts during the holiday season, as a part of their road to fame and success. For the trip they need HiFi equipment and good friends, high enough to arrange them a prestigious place to play. The beginning is optimistic but it soon becomes clear that everything comes at its price. The director of the House of Culture, where they normally rehears, can provide them with everything they need, but with two conditions. First he wants them to play songs with political charge, something they have always refused to do, just for the sheer principle; second he forces them to change their talented singer and friend Vanya with his beautiful favorite, Reni, who is a mediocre singer. They arrive at the seaside hotel, where they are supposed to perform, with Reni instead of Vanya. Here they realize that their "protector" is everything but influential and he has cheated them. So, without a place to perform and without even a place to sleep, they decide to chance their fortune, traveling along the seacoast and performing wherever they can. Finally they end up in a small bar at the beach.
Through compromise, flirt, joy and disappointment the buddies learn how to be independent and realize that their friendship is more important than the fame.

Cast

• Velko Kynev - Velko
• Filip Trifonov - Filip
• Pavel Popandov - Pavel
• Georgi Mamalev - Gosho
• Katerina Evro - Reni
• Maria Kavardjikova - Vanya
• Dimitar Manchev - Mitashki
• Nikolay Nikolaev - The Italian
• Zhivka Peneva - Pepi
• Zinka Drumeva - The telephone operator
• Georgi Rusev
  Georgi Rusev
  Georgi 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:...
  
  - Bay Petar
• Ivan Tzvetarski - Peshev
• Anton Radichev - Pepi's husband
• Ivan Yanchev - The photographer

Awards

• Union of Bulgarian Film Artists 1982 Directing Prize
• Union of Bulgarian Film Artists 1982 Film Score Prize
• First Prize for Feature Film, International Festival of Humour and Satire, Gabrovo 1983