BULGARIA – rarefilmm | The Cave of Forgotten Films

HÓSZAKADÁS (1974)

Jon W. — Sat, 06 Dec 2025 08:01:37 +0000

A quality war film does not necessarily need spectacular aerial dogfights and bombed cityscapes. Only those movies have truly something to say that go beyond the crack of rifle fire to present personal dramas as well. Ferenc Kósa’s unusual, pacifist war film depicts the hell of carnage in all its senselessness. Characters of this gaunt, tight-lipped story wander through a beautiful landscape seeking their own truth or just the possibility of survival. The film is all the more memorable for the cinematography of Sándor Sára, the powerful screenplay and the acting of, for instance, Péter Haumann.

Director: Ferenc Kósa. AKA Snowfall
Writers: Sándor Csoóri, Ferenc Kósa.
Stars: Imre M. Szabó, Mária Markovicová, János Kasza, Péter Haumann, Pola Raska, Tibor Tánczos,
János Konyorcsik, Imre Simonyi, László Csendes, István Szilágyi, Anette Antal, János Farkas, Sándorné Czár, Agustín Kubán, Ján Mildner, Iván Lupasnyuk, Virag Felicitas, Balázs Galkó, Sándor Szalai.
Cinematographer: Sándor Sára.
Composer: Zsolt Durkó.

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IL MESTIERE DELLE ARMI (2001)

Jon W. — Fri, 05 Apr 2024 09:14:42 +0000

The history of the first victim of modern artillery and its moving agony, amidst conspiracies and betrayals of the powerful. Life and death of Giovanni De’ Medici, a young brave captain in the war of Charles V against the Pope, in the first half of 1500.

Director: Ermanno Olmi. AKA The Profession of Arms
Writer: Ermanno Olmi.
Stars: Christo Jivkov, Sergio Grammatico, Dimitar Rachkov, Fabio Giubbani, Sasa Vulicevic, Dessy Tenekedjieva, Sandra Ceccarelli, Franco Andreani, Kalin Arsov, Giancarlo Belelli, Bruno Bendoni, Silvio Cappellini, Vittorio Corcelli, Marco De Biagi, Alessandro Genovesi, Michael Lindner, Francesca Lonardelli, Paolo Magagna, Piergiorgio Maletti, Mauro Marani, Georgy Marino, Ilija Marshakov, Rocco Militano, Nikolaus Moras, Attilio Orlandini, Ralph Palka, Alessandro Pezzali, Thomas Rauser, Marco Sgarbi, Claudio Tombini, Ilaria Tedeschi, Aldo Toscano, Dmitar Vassilev, Michele Zattara, Dario Dedonato, Andrea Iacopo Di Antonio, Marcello Marano, Omero Antonutti.
Cinematographer: Fabio Olmi.
Composer: Fabio Vacchi.

2001 Cannes Film Festival – Nominated for the Palme d’Or.

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Language: Italian | Subtitles: English, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, Swedish (soft).

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NOZHICHKA I MOMCHENTZE (1965)

Jon W. — Wed, 27 Mar 2024 10:17:04 +0000

Scissors dance like a ballet dancer on sheets of paper. She carves the sun, the flower, the fish. The boy needs new toys. Scissors offers colored cubes and patterned balls. And then she cuts out the girl. A naughty boy wants all the toys for himself. The girl is offended and hides. The boy understands that being alone is boring. Then the scissors cut out many more boys and girls. The fun games begin.

Director: Hristo Topuzanov. AKA Scissors and a Boy
Writers: Tzvetan Angelov, Hristo Topuzanov.
Cinematographer: Penka Bozhkova.
Composer: Georgi Genkov.
Animators: Asparuh Panov, Konstantin Peronoski.

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JENITBA (1984)

Jon W. — Sun, 11 Feb 2024 09:28:00 +0000

A groom-to-be wakes up in the morning of his wedding to strange visions triggered by his impatience… Though the nuptial feast is in full flow, the groom is still daydreaming. On the wedding night, the bride ups and melts away before his eyes exhaling air as a deflated balloon…

Directors: Slav Bakalov, Rumen Petkov. AKA Marriage
Writers: Slav Bakalov, Rumen Petkov.
Cinematographer: Feodor Arnaoudov.
Composer: Boris Karadimchev.
Animators: Yanko Petrov, Nastimir Tzachevr, Petar Yandov.

1985 Cannes Film Festival – Winner of the Palme d’Or.

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BASEYNAT (1977)

Jon W. — Thu, 27 Jul 2023 09:42:54 +0000

Bella, a sensitive and clever girl, experiences her first disillusionment at the school graduation ball. The following morning, she meets Apostol, a middle-aged man, architect, and former participant in the anti-fascist struggle. He reveals to her his views on life. He introduces her to Bufo, a younger person, and a failure as an actor although possessing “the talent of a friend”. Thus the trio is formed. Bella marries Bufo, though Apostol remains the man and person whom she would have desired to meet in her lifetime.

Director: Binka Zhelyazkova. AKA The Swimming Pool / Басейнът.
Writer: Hristo Ganev.
Stars: Kosta Tsonev, Yanina Kasheva, Kliment Denchev, Tzvetana Maneva, Petar Slabakov, Georgi Kaloyanchev, Vassil Mihajlov, Stefan Stefanov, Olga Kircheva, Velika Kolarova, Zorka Georgieva, Vihar Stoychev, Kameliya Kostadinova, Elena Kuneva, Stefan Delchev, Milka Popangelova, Georgi Kishkilov, Tacho Tachev, Dimitar Tzonev, Nikola Chipriyanov, Dimitar Keranov, Stela Arnaudova, Lyuba Petrova, Kina Mutafova, Spas Spasov, Pavel Todorov, Mihail Slavov.
Cinematographer: Ivaylo Trenchev.
Composer: Simeon Pironkov.

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Note: Mkv multisubs version includes subtitles in Bulgarian, German, English, Spanish, French & Russian but only the English sub is in .srt, the others need to be OCRed as I don’t have time to do them myself atm, they will still be detected just fine with most video players in this format.

A BYAHME MLADI (1961)

Jon W. — Thu, 27 Jul 2023 09:42:52 +0000

During World War II, by way of covert communication in besieged Sofia, Veska joins a group of teenage anti-fascists. Here she meets Dimo, a handsome, passionate member of the small but ferocious resistance. As the group strives to thwart Nazi advancements in Sofia, romance blossoms between Veska and Dimo. With an ambitious stylistic eye, Zhelyazkova masterfully directs a story of forbidden love and the relentlessness of teenage conviction.

Director: Binka Zhelyazkova. AKA А бяхме млади / We Were Young.
Writer: Hristo Ganev.
Stars: Dimitar Buynozov, Rumyana Karabelova, Lyudmila Cheshmedzhieva, Georgi Georgiev-Getz, Emilia Radeva, Anani Yavashev, Georgi Naumov, Ivan Trifonov, Dimitar Panov, Ivan Bratanov, Dora Stoyanova.
Cinematographer: Vasil Holiolchev.
Composer: Simeon Pironkov.

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LICE I OPUKO (1982)

Jon W. — Thu, 27 Jul 2023 09:42:49 +0000

The fundamental questions of human life about guilt, repentance, and redemption are addressed in the two-fold documentary essay delving into the grief of the women from Sliven Prison who give birth to their children behind bars. Binka Zhelyaskova anatomizes a deep collective trauma through the unique stories of her heroines. The film wasn’t screened in the theaters until 1989, following a series of changes in the country’s social milieu.

Director: Binka Zhelyazkova. AKA The Bright and Dark Sides of Things / Лице и опако.
Writer: Binka Zhelyazkova.
Composer: Simeon Pironkov.

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PISMO DO AMERIKA (2000)

Jon W. — Thu, 16 Feb 2023 10:10:46 +0000

Ivan’s best friend, Kamen, is in an American hospital, in coma after an accident. Since he’s denied a visa to the USA and can’t stay by his side in his last moments, Ivan decides to set off for Bulgaria countryside, taking the camera Kamen has given him. There’s a legend in Kamen’s place of birth – a small mountain village – that one song could bring people back to life. Ivan starts a journey to find it and record it, collecting a myriad of stories along the way. Will he succeed?

Director: Iglika Triffonova. AKA Letter to America / Писмо до Америка.
Writer: Iglika Triffonova.
Stars: Phillip Avramov, Ana Papadopulu, Peter Antonov, Andy Barret, Joreta Nikolova, Krassimir Dokov, Maya Novoselska, Valentin Goshev, Liubov Liubcheva, Yordan Bikov, Ognyan Golev, Ivan Ganchev, Dimitar Krivokapov, Svetlana Yancheva, Ioshiro Terazzono.
Cinematographer: Rali Raltschev.
Composer: Milcho Leviev.

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