Vulo Radev () (

Lesidren Lesidren is a village in Ugarchin Municipality, Lovech Province, northern Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern f ...

, 1 January 1923 –

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, 28 March 2001) was a

Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Mac ...

film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, ...

, writer, and cinematographer, who also did some script editing.) Within the context of Bulgarian cinema, his films Цар и генерал (Tsar and General) and

The Peach Thief , image = , producer = Atanas Papadopulos , director = Vulo Radev , writer = Emilian Stanev (story) Vulo Radev , starring = Nevena KokanovaRade Marković Mikhail Mikhajlov , music = Simeon Piron ...

have been praised for their "montage within the frame".

Filmography

Filmography (director)

* 9 November 1964: The Peach Thief ''(: Крадецът на праскови / Kradetzat na praskovi / Kradezat na praskowi)'' A film adaptation of a novel about

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Emilian Stanev Emiliyan Stanev ( bg, Емилиян Станев) was the pseudonym of Nikola Stoyanov Stanev (Никола Стоянов Станев, 28 February 1907 – 15 March 1979), a 20th-century Bulgarian prose writer. Stanev was born in Veliko Tarn ...

. A

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Veliko Tarnovo Veliko Tarnovo ( bg, Велико Търново, Veliko Tărnovo, ; "Great Tarnovo") is a town in north central Bulgaria and the administrative centre of Veliko Tarnovo Province. Often referred as the "''City of the Tsars''", Veliko Tarnovo ...

. Central characters are "Lisa" (a wife of

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s in

Tarnovo Veliko Tarnovo ( bg, Велико Търново, Veliko Tărnovo, ; "Great Tarnovo") is a town in north central Bulgaria and the administrative centre of Veliko Tarnovo Province. Often referred as the "''City of the Tsars''", Veliko Tarnovo ...

), and a prisoner "Ivo" with whom she starts a love relationship. The style of narrative is "epic". * 17 January 1966: Tsar and General ''(: Цар и генерал / Tsar i general / Zar i General)'' Explores the moral and psychological duel between the two main characters: the historical persons

tsar Tsar ( or ), also spelled ''czar'', ''tzar'', or ''csar'', is a title used by East and South Slavic monarchs. The term is derived from the Latin word ''caesar'', which was intended to mean "emperor" in the European medieval sense of the te ...

Boris III Boris III ( bg, Борѝс III ; Boris Treti; 28 August 1943), originally Boris Klemens Robert Maria Pius Ludwig Stanislaus Xaver (Boris Clement Robert Mary Pius Louis Stanislaus Xavier) , was the Tsar of the Kingdom of Bulgaria from 1918 until hi ...

and

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Vladimir Stoyanov Zaimov. The latter receives the death penalty and gets shot for collaborating with the

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during

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. The tsar is depicted tragically, as a man whose attitude is not suited for his time; yet he survives in the movie. Many scenes are not directly connected to the central event; side-events display the

protagonists A protagonist () is the main character of a story. The protagonist makes key decisions that affect the plot, primarily influencing the story and propelling it forward, and is often the character who faces the most significant obstacles. If a st ...

and their arguments. * 4 September 1970: The Black Angels ''(: Черните ангели / Chernite angeli / Tschernite Angeli)'' The title of the film refers to a group of 20-year old

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who received the task of dangerous Bulgarian

fascists Fascism is a far-right, Authoritarianism, authoritarian, ultranationalism, ultra-nationalist political Political ideology, ideology and Political movement, movement,: "extreme militaristic nationalism, contempt for electoral democracy and pol ...

in 1942 and 1943. The youngsters use language and attitudes as if they were living in the current time ead: ± in 1970, the year when the movie was released The movie explores the difficulty for "normal" youngsters to kill, even if they understand the necessity and importance of their task. This culminates in some of their suicides. * 17 October 1975: Doomed Souls ''(: Осъдени души / Osadeni dushi / Osadenie duschi)'' A young, rich English woman meets a Spanish Jesuit during the

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in 1936. The film has been praised for capturing the societal dimension of the history. * 22 June 1981: Adaptation ''(: Адаптация / Adaptatziya / Adapzia)'' About a group set up by a

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, addressing issues of insanity.)

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1923 births 2001 deaths 20th-century screenwriters Bulgarian cinematographers Bulgarian film directors Bulgarian screenwriters Male screenwriters People from Lovech Province {{Bulgaria-film-director-stub