''A Peasant on a Bicycle'' ( bg, Селянинът с Колелото, translit=Selyaninat s Koleloto, italic=yes) is a Bulgarian

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released in 1974, directed by

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, starring Georgi Georgiev - Gets, Diana Chelebieva,

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and

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Plot

Born in the small village of Yugla, Yordan (Gets) lives with his family in the nearby town. Filled with homesickness he takes every opportunity, traveling usually by his bicycle, to visit the more and more depopulated village. And that's how, mounted on the bike his life passes between the town and Yugla. During one of the visits to his old home he meets the newly appointed young pharmacist Maglena (Chelebieva). She is accommodated in his country house. Little by little Yordan falls in love with her. Burning with love for both Maglena and the country life he starts persuading managers and colleagues, in the factory where he works, to move one of the workshops to the village of Yugla. He dreams that the far-off days of rural vitality can be born anew. He believes that in this way the young people will come back. But his nostalgia is not understood by the people. No one follows him. Moreover, he becomes gradually aware that Maglena, his new love, is from the different world of the new generation. He finally understands that those times are long gone and the only things remaining are the bicycle and loneliness.

Production

Production company: * Studio of Featured Films (SFF) - a Film Unit

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The film is also translated as ''The Peasant with the Bike'' *Director:

*Writer: Georgi Mishev *Director of Photography: Georgi Rusinov *Music: Boris Karadimchev Filmed: 1974; Premiere: 22 November 1974

Cast

* Georgi Georgiev - Gets as Yordan *

as Docho Bulgurov * Diana Chelebieva as Maglena *

as the fellow-countryman * Svetoslav Peev as Angel * Lili Eneva as Yordan's wife *

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as Docho Bulgurov's wife * Georgi Kishkilov as Kaytashev * Mariana Alamancheva as Tancheto * Yuri Yakovlev as Maglena's father

Response

A reported 1,009,283 admissions were recorded for the film in cinemas throughout

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. Reported Audience The film was subsumed among the 50 golden Bulgarian films in the book by the journalist Pencho Kovachev. The book was published in 2008 by "Zahariy Stoyanov" publishing house. There were the following publications: *Film News Magazine, vol. 12-1974,p. 7 - by I. Bozhinova *Otechestven Front news paper, vol.9321-21.11.1974 - by E. Vasileva *FILM ART magazine, vol. 10,1973,p. 89 - published the screenplay *Bulgarian Film Magazine, vol.5, 1975,p. 14 - by G. Mishev *National Culture news paper, vol. 49-30.11.1974 - by V. Naydenova *New Films Magazine, vol.12-1974 *Film News Magazine, vol. 5-1974,p. 2 - by M.Racheva

Awards

FBFF Varna The Golden Rose Bulgarian Feature Film Festival ( bg , Фестивалът на българския игрален филм „Златна роза“) is held in Varna in September or October. Also known as Golden Rose National Film Festival or ...

'74 (Festival for Bulgarian Featured Films)Bulgarian National Film Archive, Bulgarian Featured Film Encyclopedy 2008, volume three, p. 165 * Second Award for director

, screenwriter Georgi Mishev and the cameraman Georgi Rusinov * The Critics Award * Award for best actor in a leading role for Georgi Georgiev - Gets

9th Moscow International Film Festival The 9th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 10 to 23 July 1975. The Golden Prizes were awarded to the Polish film '' The Promised Land'' directed by Andrzej Wajda, the Soviet-Japanese film ''Dersu Uzala'' directed by Akira Kurosawa a ...

* Award for best actor in a leading role for Georgi Georgiev - Gets * Award from

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Notes

References

*Galina Gencheva, ''Bulgarian Feature Films vol.3'', Dr. Petar Beron 2008 with the Bulgarian Cinematheque *Pencho Kovachev, ''50 Golden Bulgarian Films'', Zahariy Stoyanov 2008
Bulgarian National Film Archive

The film in the Bulgarian National Television

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External links

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