Petar B. Vasilev
Petar B. Vasilev | |
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 Petar B. Vasilev in the 1970s. | |
| Born | 26 June 1918 Kriva Bara village, Bulgaria |
| Died | 30 July 2001 (aged 83) |
| Other names | Milevin |
| Occupation(s) | Film director Screenwriter |
| Years active | 1954 – 1990 |
Petar B. Vasilev nicknamed Milevin (Bulgarian: Петър Б. Василев-Милевин) (1918–2001), was a Bulgarian film director and screenwriter.
He was among the prominent Bulgarian film directors from the last decades of the 20th century best known for his satirical comedies. Most of them obtained a broad popularity and became a classic works of the Bulgarian cinematography, most notably The Past-Master (1970–1983).
Filmography
Selected Director filmography
| Year | Film | Genre | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English title | Bulgarian title | Transliteration | |||
| 1962 | Jack of All Trades | Специалист по всичко | Spetsialist po vsichko | Comedy | written by Pavel Vezhinov |
| 1970 | The Prince | Князът | Knyazat | also co-screenwriter | |
| Whale | Кит | Kit | Satire | stopped by the communist censorship | |
The Past-Master
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Баш майсторът | Bash Maystorat | Satire, Comedy | ||
| 1972 | The Quiet Fugitive | Тихият беглец | Tihiyat beglets | Comedy | |
| 1976 | Farsighted for Two Diopters | Два диоптра далекогледство | Dva dioptara dalekogledstvo | Comedy-Drama
|
written by Mormarevi Brothers |
| 1978 | One Hundred Tons of Happiness | 100 тона щастие | 100 tona shtastie | Comedy | |
| 1980 | The Past-Master on Excursion | Баш майсторът на екскурзия | Bash Maystorat na Ekskurziya | Satire, Comedy | |
| 1981 | The Past-Master – Farmer | Баш майсторът фермер | Bash Maystorat Fermer | Satire, Comedy | |
| 1983 | The Past-Master – Boss | Баш майсторът началник | Bash Maystorat Nachalnik | Satire, Comedy | |
| 1985 | Maneuvers on the Fifth Floor
|
Маневри на петия етаж | Manevri na petiya etazh | Satire, Comedy | |
| 1987 | The Mooncalf | Левакът | Levakat | Drama | |
References
Sources
- Gencheva, Galina (2008). Bulgarian Feature Films encyclopedia. Sofia: Publishing house "Dr Ivan Bogorov". ISBN 978-954-316-069-3.
- Kovachev, Pencho (2008). 50 Golden Bulgarian Films. Sofia: Publishing house "Zahariy Stoyanov". ISBN 978-954-09-0281-4.
External links
- Petar B. Vasilev at IMDb
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