''The Tied Up Balloon'' ( bg, Привързаният балон, translit=Privarzaniyat balon, italic=yes) 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 ...

n satirical

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 1967, directed by

Binka Zhelyazkova Binka Zhelyazkova ( bg, Бинка Желязкова, 15 July 1923 – 31 July 2011), was a Bulgarian film director who made films between the late 1950s and the 1990s. She was the first Bulgarian woman to direct a feature film and one of th ...

, 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 ...

Grigor Vachkov Grigor Vachkov, often called Grishata ( bg, Григор Вачков - Гришата; 26 May 1932 – 18 March 1980) was a Bulgarian theater and film actor, honored with the award of "People's actor" in the People's Republic of Bulgaria. He had ...

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 ...

Konstantin Kotsev Konstantin Kotsev ( bg, Константин Коцев; June 4, 1926 – August 4, 2007) was a Bulgarian stage and film actor. Kotsev was amid the most popular Bulgarian actors from the last decades of 20th century. He is best known for hi ...

and

Georgi Georgiev-Getz Georgi Georgiev-Getz ( bg, Георги Георгиев-Гец; October 4, 1926 – September 2, 1996) was a Bulgarian film and stage actor. Best known for portraying valiant and honest conservative men, Getz was among the prominent names i ...

. The screenplay, written by

Yordan Radichkov Yordan Radichkov ( bg, Йордан Радичков; 24 October 1929 – 21 January 2004) was a Bulgarian writer and playwright. Literary critics Adelina Angusheva and Galin Tihanov called him "arguably the most significant voice of Bulgarian ...

is based on his play ''Bustle''. During the

second world war World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

, a

barrage balloon A barrage balloon is a large uncrewed tethered balloon used to defend ground targets against aircraft attack, by raising aloft steel cables which pose a severe collision risk to aircraft, making the attacker's approach more difficult. Early barra ...

appears out of nowhere in the sky above a Bulgarian village. This shakes the imagination of the peasants and causes endless speculations, assumptions and contentions. Almost immediately after the premiere, the film was stopped by the communist authority because of the direct display of the actual reality in the Bulgarian villages as well as for the hints about the origin of many of the communist leaders.''The Tied Up Balloon'' at the Bulgarian National Television
''The Tied Up Balloon'' at the Bulgarian National Film Archive
/ref> After the restoration of the democracy in 1990, the movie came into a broad view and was recognized as one of the masterpieces of the Bulgarian cinematography from that time.''The Tied Up Balloon'' at Vesti.bg

Cast

as the man with the pistol *

as a peasant *

Ivan Bratanov Ivan () is a Slavic male given name, connected with the variant of the Greek name (English: John) from Hebrew meaning 'God is gracious'. It is associated worldwide with Slavic countries. The earliest person known to bear the name was Bulgari ...

as a peasant *

Konstantin Kisimov Konstantin Vasilev Kisimov ( bg, Константин Василев Кисимов) was a Bulgarian stage and film actor born in 1897, deceased in 1965. He was born in the family of revolutionaries and enlighteners. His father had studied Inter ...

as the blind man *

Lyubomir Dimitrov Lyubomir is a Bulgarian given name, Bulgarian masculine given name, a variant of the Slavonic Lubomir. Notable people with this name include: *Lyubomir Andreychin (born 1910), Bulgarian linguist *Lyubomir Bogdanov (born 1982), Bulgarian football mi ...

as a peasant * Tsvyatko Nikolov as a peasant * Petar Slabakov *

Vasil Popiliev Vasil ( Bulgarian and Macedonian: Васил, Georgian: ვასილ) is a Bulgarian, Macedonian and Georgian masculine given name. It may refer to: *Vasil Adzhalarski, Bulgarian revolutionary, an IMARO leader of revolutionary bands * Vasil Am ...

* Janet Miteva as the girl in white * Stoyan Gadev * Dosyo Dosev *

Ivan Obretenov Ivan () is a Slavic male given name, connected with the variant of the Greek name (English: John) from Hebrew meaning 'God is gracious'. It is associated worldwide with Slavic countries. The earliest person known to bear the name was Bulgari ...

* Nikola Dadov * Neycho Popov *

Stoyanka Mutafova Stoyanka Mutafova (née StoyanKa Mutafova; bg, СтоянКа Мутафова; 2 February 1922 – 6 December 2019) was a Bulgarian actress. During her career, she starred in over 53 theatrical plays and 25 films Nicknamed ''Ms. Natura ...

Domna Ganeva Domna (russian: Домна) can refer to: * Domna, Republic of Buryatia, a ''selo'' (village) in Sosnovo-Ozersky Selsoviet of Yeravninsky District of the Republic of Buryatia, Russia * Domna, Zabaykalsky Krai, a ''selo'' in Chitinsky District of Za ...

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at the

Bulgarian National Film Archive The Bulgarian National Film Archive ( bg, Българска Национална Филмотека), also known as the Bulgarian Cinematheque, is an organization formed to acquire, restore, preserve, and store film and film-related archival art ...

''The Tied Up Balloon''
at 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 ...

''The Tied Up Balloon''
at Kultura newspaper. {{DEFAULTSORT:Tied Up Balloon 1960s Bulgarian-language films 1967 films Bulgarian World War II films Bulgarian satirical films Bulgarian comedy-drama films Films set in Bulgaria Films shot in Bulgaria Films directed by Binka Zhelyazkova 1967 comedy-drama films