''A Dog in a Drawer'' ( bg, Куче в чекмедже, italic=yes / ''Kuche v chekmedzhe'') is 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 Macedon ...

comedy-drama Comedy drama, also known by the portmanteau ''dramedy'', is a genre of dramatic works that combines elements of comedy and drama. The modern, scripted-television examples tend to have more humorous bits than simple comic relief seen in a typical ...

film released in

1982 Events January * January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00). * January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street bridges, 14th Street Bridge in ...

, directed by

Dimitar Petrov Dimitar Petrov ( bg, Димитър Петров, 22 October 1924 – 16 October 2018) was a Bulgarian film director. He directed 12 films between 1955 and 1991. Selected filmography * '' Porcupines Are Born Without Bristles'' (1971) * '' With ...

, starring

Veselin Prahov Veselin (Cyrillic script: Веселин) is a masculine given name of Slavic origin. It may refer to: *Veselin Beshevliev (1900–1992), Bulgarian historian and philologist *Veselin Bliznakov (born 1944), Bulgarian politician *Veselin Branimirov ( ...

, Martin Stoyanov and Ruzha Delcheva. 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 ''On the Top of the Cherry Tree'' ( bg, Горе на черешата, italic=yes / ) is a 1984 Bulgarian comedy-drama film directed by Mariana Evstatieva — Biolcheva, starring Veselin Prahov, Todor Trankarov, Konstantin Kotsev and Anton Gor ...

'' (1984).

Cast

In the roles of the children are: *

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 Ivan Ognyanov Yanchev ( bg, Иван Огнянов Янчев) (born 20 March 1988) is a Bulgarian footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football ar ...

as Mitashki's grandfather *

Pavel Popandov Pavel (Bulgarian language, Bulgarian, Russian language, Russian, Serbian language, Serbian and Macedonian language, Macedonian: Павел, Czech language, Czech, Slovene language, Slovene, Romanian language, Romanian: Pavel, Polish language, Po ...

as a dog trader, the bad guy *

Aneta Sotirova Aneta may refer to: *Aneta (given name) *Aneta, North Dakota Aneta is a city in Nelson County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 234 at the 2020 census. Aneta was first settled in 1882 and incorporated as a city in 1893. Histor ...

as Andro's mother *

Maria Kavardzhikova Maria may refer to: People * Mary, mother of Jesus * Maria (given name), a popular given name in many languages Place names Extraterrestrial *170 Maria, a Main belt S-type asteroid discovered in 1877 *Lunar maria (plural of ''mare''), large, da ...

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as Dacheva

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''A Dog in a Drawer''
at the Bulgarian National Television 1980s Bulgarian-language films 1982 films 1982 comedy-drama films Films directed by Dimitar Petrov Bulgarian comedy-drama films Films set in Bulgaria Films shot in Bulgaria {{Bulgaria-film-stub