Manly Times

Мъжки времена; Mazhki vremena; (Manly Times)
Directed by	Eduard Zahariev
Written by	Nikolay Haytov
Starring	Grigor Vachkov; Mariana Dimitrova; Velko Kanev; Pavel Popandov
Music by	Kiril Donchev
Cinematography	Radoslav Spasov
Production; company	SFF, a Film Unite Hemus[1]
Release date	1977
Running time	125 minutes
Country	Bulgaria
Language	Bulgarian

Manly Times (Bulgarian: Мъжки времена, translit. Mazhki vremena) is a Bulgarian drama film released in 1977, directed by Eduard Zahariev, starring Grigor Vachkov, Mariana Dimitrova, Velko Kanev and Pavel Popandov. The screenplay, written by Nikolay Haytov is based on the short stories Manly Times and Wedding from his book Wild Stories (1967).

In a colourful folklore manner, the movie presents an old tradition of stealing girls for brides that was a reputable occupation in the Rhodope Mountains region. The interaction between a brilliant literature and skilful directing as well as the memorable performances by Vachkov and Dimitrova received a broad critical acclaim and turned the film into one of the classics of the Bulgarian cinematography.^[1]

Cast

Grigor Vachkov as Banko (the stealing women expert)
Mariana Dimitrova as Elitsa (the stolen girl)
Velko Kanev as Velko (candidate husband)
Pavel Popandov as Dinko
Nikola Todev as Kara Kolyo
Teofil Badelov as Gelyo
Trayan Yankov as Ilcho
Georgi Dimitrov as Petko

References

1 2 Gencheva, Galina (2008). Bulgarian Feature Films encyclopedia. Sofia: Publishing house "Dr Ivan Bogorov". ISBN 978-954-316-069-3.

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

Manly Times on IMDb
Manly Times at the Bulgarian National Television (in Bulgarian)

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[refFilmArchive-1] 1 2 Gencheva, Galina (2008). Bulgarian Feature Films encyclopedia. Sofia: Publishing house "Dr Ivan Bogorov". ISBN 978-954-316-069-3.