8 Films & TV Shows Set In Bulgaria During The 20th Century
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Pawn Sacrifice
New York California 🇮🇸 Iceland 🇧🇬 Bulgaria The 1970s The 1960s The 1950sOn the board he fought the Cold War. In his mind he fought his madness. — American chess champion Bobby Fischer prepares for a legendary match-up against Russian Boris Spassky.
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Double Identity
🇧🇬 Bulgaria The 1990sIn Chechnya, an American doctor takes a detour in life when he helps a mysterious woman escape from her would-be assailant.
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I Am David
🇧🇬 Bulgaria 🇬🇷 Greece 🇮🇹 Italy 🇨🇭 Switzerland The 1950sBelieve in the power to change your destiny — Based on Anne Holm's acclaimed young adult novel North to Freedom, I Am David chronicles the struggles of a 12-year-old boy who manages to flee a Communist concentration camp on his own -- through sheer will and determination. All he has in his possession is a loaf of bread, a letter to deliver to someone in Denmark and a compass to help get him there.
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King for a Day
🇧🇬 Bulgaria The 1930sThis film is a comedy about a poor man named Purko. Purko always fails in his attempt to escape from poverty. The film illustrates the social and the moral atmosphere in Bulgaria during the 1930's.
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A Nameless Band
🇧🇬 Bulgaria The 1970s The 1980sThe misfortunes of a couple of guys who form a music group and think they can get rich and famous easy.
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Three Reservists
🇧🇬 Bulgaria The 1940sIn 1945, on the battlefields in Hungary, three Bulgarian soldiers from the reserve have to fight for the liberation of the country. They are totally unprepared for the war and have no desire to take part in the battles. The three reservists are the sad sight and initially their commander wants to send them back to Bulgaria. But their attitude is changed after the witnessed tragedies. Without knowing it, they all turn into heroes.
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Stars
🇧🇬 Bulgaria The 1940sStationed in a secluded Bulgarian village in 1943, Walter - a German Wehrmacht sergeant and artist - lives in almost idyllic distance from the war. Then a transit camp is set up for Jews arriving from Greece. When Ruth, one of the internees, asks Walter to help a pregnant woman, the two form an unlikely bond.
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Schicksal
🇧🇬 Bulgaria The 1910s
