A Dog in a Drawer

A Dog in a Drawer (Bulgarian: Куче в чекмедже / Kuche v chekmedzhe) is a Bulgarian comedy-drama film released in 1982, directed by Dimitar Petrov, starring Veselin Prahov, Martin Stoyanov and Ruzha Delcheva.

Куче в чекмедже
Kuche v chekmedzhe
A Dog in a Drawer
Directed byDimitar Petrov
Written byRada Moskova
StarringVeselin Prahov
Martin Stoyanov
Ruzha Delcheva
Zhivko Garvanov
Music byBoris Karadimchev
CinematographyAtanas Tasev
Production
company
Boyana, a Film Unite Mladost
Release date
1982
Running time
86 minutes
CountryBulgaria
LanguageBulgarian

This is the first of a series of hit movies starring the child actor Veselin Prahov which turned him into a star of the Bulgarian cinema from the 1980s. A Dog in a Drawer successfully carries on the popular in Bulgaria "Childhood genre", developed in the 1970s by Mormarevi Brothers together with the present director Dimitar Petrov. The film won first prize at the “Varna Film Fest 1982” as well as an award from the “Union of the Bulgarian Writers” for the screenplay by Rada Moskova who is also the writer of the next in the series On the Top of the Cherry Tree (1984).

Cast

In the roles of the children are:

  • Veselin Prahov as Dimitar Mitashki
  • Martin Stoyanov as Andro
  • Emil Dimitrov as Stefo
  • Lyudmila Filipova
  • Evgeniya Genova
  • Aleksandrina Pendichanska
  • Rositsa Stoycheva
  • Ani Petrova

In the roles of the adults are:

  • Ruzha Delcheva as Andro's grandmother
  • Zhivko Garvanov as Stefo's father
  • Stefan Iliev as Mitashki's father
  • Ivan Yanchev as Mitashki's grandfather
  • Pavel Popandov as a dog trader, the bad guy
  • Aneta Sotirova as Andro's mother
  • Maria Kavardzhikova
  • Nadya Todorova as Dacheva

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.


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