''The Phoney Civilization'' ( bg, Криворазбраната цивилизация / ''Krivorazbranata tsivilizatsiya'') is a

satirical Satire is a genre of the visual, literary, and performing arts, usually in the form of fiction and less frequently non-fiction, in which vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, often with the intent of shaming or e ...

TV musical released in 1974 by the

Bulgarian National Television The Bulgarian National Television ( Bulgarian: Българска национална телевизия, ''Balgarska natsionalna televizia'') or BNT (БНТ), stylized as ·Б·Н·Т· since 2018, is a public television broadcaster of Bulgaria ...

, directed by

Hacho Boyadzhiev Hacho Kirilov Boyadzhiev ( bg, Хачо Кирилов Бояджиев; 20 January 1932 – 23 April 2012) was a Bulgarian television and film director. He was probably best known as the director of the popular TV musical ''The Phoney Civiliz ...

, starring

Georgi Partsalev Georgi Ivanov Partsalev ( bg, Георги Иванов Парцалев; 16 June 1925 – 31 October 1989) was a Bulgarian theatre and film actor mainly known for his roles in comedies. Born in Levski, Pleven Province in 1925, Partsalev finish ...

Georgi Kaloyanchev Georgi Todorov Kaloyanchev ( bg, Георги Калоянчев; January 13, 1925 – December 18, 2012) was a Bulgarian actor. He was born in the city of Burgas. He studied in the former theatrical school in Sofia. Immediately after graduati ...

, Ruzha Delcheva,

Nikola Anastasov Nikola Stoyanov Anastasov ( bg, Никола Стоянов Анастасов; 22 April 1932 – 8 August 2016) was a Bulgarian actor. Biography Nikola Anastasov was born on 22 April 1932 in Sofia, Bulgaria. He finished his education at the K ...

, Lora Keranova and Zorka Dimitrova. The work is a musical adaptation based on the 1871 classical play by the Bulgarian playwright

Dobri Voynikov Dobri Popov Voynikov ( bg, Добри Попов Войников; 10 November 1833 – 27 March 1878) was a Bulgarian teacher, playwright and journalist of the Bulgarian National Revival. He is regarded as the father of modern Bulgarian theat ...

. The music is composed by Decho Taralezhkov. The production is in the scope of the programme called Television theatre, a popular programme which has been realized by the Bulgarian television during the 1970s and the 1980s. In a folklore manner, the musical ridicules the "fashionable" trends of behaviour and imitation of the foreign models. The accurately chosen cast, featuring some of the leading Bulgarian comic actors, the vivid scenography as well as the memorable music turn the work into a classic example of the Bulgarian

performing arts The performing arts are arts such as music, dance, and drama which are performed for an audience. They are different from the visual arts, which are the use of paint, canvas or various materials to create physical or static art objects. Perform ...

from those years.BNT-1974
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Cast

as Hadzhi Kosta, the head of the family. * Ruzha Delcheva as Zlata, the Hadzhi Kosta's wife. * Zorka Dimitrova as Anka, the Hadzhi Kosta and Zlata's daughter. *

as Margaridi, Anka's suitor, snob, imitator of foreign models. *

as Dimitraki, the Anka's brother. * Lora Keranova as Grandma Stoyna, a matchmaker. * Mariana Alamancheva as Mariyka, Anka's friend. * Iliya Dobrev as Mityu, the shy young man in love with Anka. * Vasil Popov as Georgi, Mityu's friend. *

Hindo Kasimov Hindo Kasimov ( bg, Хиндо Касимов) was a Bulgarian stage and film actor born in 1934, deceased in 1986. He is best known for the television comedy sketches performed by him together with leading Bulgarian actors as Vasil Popov, Geo ...

as Pencho, Mityu's friend. * Kosta Karageorgiev as Raycho, a weak-minded domestic servant. *

Evstati Stratev Evstati Stratev ( bg, Евстати Стратев) was a Bulgarian stage and film actor born in 1934, deceased in 1984. He is best known for the colourful supporting characters that he portrayed in the Bulgarian cinema, until his untimely deat ...

as Maystor Stanyu, the Mityu's father.

References

Sources

External links

''The Phoney Civilization''
at the

''The Phoney Civilization'' play
web page {{DEFAULTSORT:Phoney Civilization, The Bulgarian television theatre 1970s Bulgarian-language films Bulgarian television shows Musical television specials 1974 films Bulgarian satirical films 1970s musical comedy films 1970s Bulgarian television series 1974 Bulgarian television series debuts 1974 comedy films