Nikola Todev

Nikola Todev

Born: June 13, 1928
Died: March 30, 1991
in Devin, Bulgaria

Movies for Nikola Todev...

Adio, Rio
Title: Adio, Rio
Character: Doncho
Released: April 10, 1989
Type: Movie
Stoev, a talented architect is working in Rio de Janeiro. All along the design stages, Stoev's understanding has been that he would be going together with his assistant architect. However, the company chief secretly decides to change the terms and go instead of the assistant, threatening Stoev to cancel the whole deal if he doesn't comply. Stoev is left with the dilemma to betray a colleague and friend, or to miss the greatest opportunity in his career. When Stoev is about to choose the former, a mysterious dead body appears in his life.
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Time of Violence
Title: Time of Violence
Character: Stoyko protzvet
Released: March 28, 1988
Type: Movie
In the 17th century, a Bulgarian Christian region is selected by the Ottoman rulers to serve as an example of conversion to Islam. A Janissary who was kidnapped from the village as a boy is sent to force the reluctant inhabitants to convert. The Turkish governor seeks a peaceful solution, but ultimately torture, violence, and rebellion break out.
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White Magic
Title: White Magic
Released: November 22, 1982
Type: Movie
Bizarre events happen in an isolated village.
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Ladies' Choice
Title: Ladies' Choice
Character: the uncle
Released: December 15, 1980
Type: Movie
A couple of young ladies decide to obtain a driving license. The film is a true comedy of relations, caused between the driving-teacher and the beginner-drivers.
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The Three Deadly Sins
Title: The Three Deadly Sins
Released: April 21, 1980
Type: Movie
Pavel Pashev receives a package with three shrunk up apples - three vampire apples. According to the legend, he is doomed. Who sent the apple? For years, there has been a feud between Pavel and Kuzdo. Both of them are on age, when a man reflects on his past. Their conflict represents the different viewpoints of violence and freedom. Who is the sinner - the man who fought with honor for this world or the observer, the human register?
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Cherry Garden
Title: Cherry Garden
Character: Savata
Released: May 21, 1979
Type: Movie
There are essentially two types of people: those who think with their stomachs, and those who think with their hearts.
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A Ray of Sunshine
Title: A Ray of Sunshine
Character: Bay Lambo
Released: February 19, 1979
Type: Movie
Sashko and Tanya are two lovers who want to go on a holiday at the seaside. In order to earn money, Sasho starts working in a brigade digging a well in the yard of Chief Krumov's villa. The workers accidentally discover the remains of human skeletons, a tin ring and several buttons, most likely belonging to participants in the September Uprising of 1923. To avoid complications, everyone decides to keep quiet. However, Sashko decides to break his silence and tell the truth, for which he pays with his life.
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Rali
Title: Rali
Released: June 26, 1978
Type: Movie
1876. The Turks murder the parents of the 14-year-old Rali. His only relative is sentenced to life imprisonment in the Asian fortress. Rali walks after the condemned men. After a long and painful road, he reaches the fortress. He finds help from the old man and his daughter. With their assistance, he organizes the escape of the condemned. After numerous adventures the fugitives reaches the motherland. They enlist in a Bulgarian rebel army together with the Russian soldiers of the Russian-Turkish War for the freedom of Bulgaria.
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A Roof
Title: A Roof
Character: Bai Simo
Released: May 22, 1978
Type: Movie
The truck driver Kiril has a dream to build a house for his family. Is this a possible ambition in society of scarcity and envy.
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Manly Times
Title: Manly Times
Character: Kara Kolio
Released: April 29, 1977
Type: Movie
There were times when stealing girls in these lands has been a worthy vocation, was a habit and a sort of custom in Bulgaria. Only the strongest and most experienced men took the profession up. A young and brave Bulgarian highlander was given the job to bring, no matter how, a certain beautiful girl to be married to somebody.
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Memories of the Twin Sister
Title: Memories of the Twin Sister
Character: Stefan
Released: September 3, 1976
Type: Movie
A family evacuates to the Bulgarian countryside during World War II
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Dance of the Samodivi
Title: Dance of the Samodivi
Character: shopkeeper
Released: August 28, 1976
Type: Movie
In a small provincial town, an young local artist exhibits his works. One of the paintings, depicting a fairy dance of naked women, provoke the people which discover similarities with a certain lady from the neighbourhood.
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Войникът от обоза
Title: Войникът от обоза
Character: Kantonerat
Released: December 11, 1975
Type: Movie
In September 1944, the red army crosses the Danube. Private Ales together with his agricultural horses follows the victory march. A broken wheel of his cart forces Ales to fall behind and look for help in the nearby village. The "odyssey" of the common cavalry soldier begins. He becomes a friend with the Bulgarian peasants. They need to part ways with a hidden sadness and true love. —Georgi Djulgerov
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Eternal Times
Title: Eternal Times
Character: Spas
Released: February 7, 1975
Type: Movie
During the socialist regime in Bulgaria, the migration from villages to bigger towns brings a lot of problems and sadness to some of the party activists.
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The Dragon
Title: The Dragon
Character: Kalota, the boyar
Released: December 6, 1974
Type: Movie
There is a dragon, which threatens the life of the shacked village. The attempts of lumberjacks, shepherds and hunters to get rid of the menace are without success. Their battle with the imaginary mythical monster makes them realize that their real enemies are the master Kolota and his servants. The dragon is beaten not physically but spiritually.
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The Hare Census
Title: The Hare Census
Character: Bay Georgi, the village mayor
Released: November 30, 1973
Type: Movie
The daily routine in the village of Yugla is broken by the statistician clerk Asenov, who comes with a mission to count the hare population in the locality. He makes the village mayor Bay Georgi mobilize the local men in realization of the absurd task. Same day all the village men are in the field - the mayor, the teacher, the veterinarian… Naturally all the efforts failed in fulfilling the mission since not a single hare was seen.
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Nona
Title: Nona
Character: Manolaki
Released: November 16, 1973
Type: Movie
The beginning of the 20th century. The young Nona comes back to her father's farm from Switzerland. She meets colonel Galchev. The officer expresses his love for her. The teacher Yosif who is in love with Nona organizes a revolt of the villagers with no property. Armed villagers rob the farm. Galchev and his soldiers arrive. During the shooting, the colonel is killed. Nona accuses Yosif of Galchev's death. The carriage of Nona's fiancé, who travels from Switzerland to the village, passes by the coffin with Galchev's body. A second after the fiancé enters her house Nona kills herself.
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The Last Word
Title: The Last Word
Character: Strazharyat
Released: September 7, 1973
Type: Movie
The seven women inmates in Poslednata Duma are imprisoned because they have been associated with partisans opposing the fascist puppet government of the German Nazis. Each of them has the power to save herself if she will betray the others, and each bravely refuses to do so, even though it means they all will die. Despite their grim situation, and the atrocities perpetuated on them as political prisoners, they manage to laugh, and even celebrate a festival.
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The White Odyssey
Title: The White Odyssey
Released: March 24, 1973
Type: Movie
During World War 2, four soldiers are trapped between a harsh winter and the enemy. They need food and shelter, but this comes at the expense of their position. With no where else to turn, they begin an Odyssey through the mountains.
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Men Without Work
Title: Men Without Work
Character: the village mayor
Released: February 23, 1973
Type: Movie
A road-building team is forced to stay idle for a couple of days since the asphalt has not been delivered.
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The Boy Turns Man
Title: The Boy Turns Man
Character: Katadzhiyata
Released: May 18, 1972
Type: Movie
The action centers on Ran and his schoolmates who are in the last year of school. They are only a few days away from the day when they will have to make a decisive choice: what are they going to be, and what is more important, how are they going to live? In the whirlpool of meetings with different people and mainly with three women, the filmmakers are trying to see the future of their main character. His schoolmate Mariana wants to lead him into family life. The pop singer Neli is the very incarnation of adventurism. However, he is most deeply touched by the salesgirl in the near-by coffee shop Tintyava. This is a wordless affair in which each glance exchanged betrays the piercing excitement of impossible love.
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Examination
Title: Examination
Character: Padre de Liyu
Released: September 28, 1971
Type: Movie
The beginning of the 20th century. A village in the mountain. The young barrel maker Liyu is to be examined by the local craftsmen. They approve the barrel he has made, blindfold. They give him "the craftsman's belt". At the beginning, nobody considers him a master.
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Wrathful Journey
Title: Wrathful Journey
Character: Bay Stoyan
Released: April 23, 1971
Type: Movie
Chavdar gets a degree in geology. He wishes to pursue a scientific carrier, but his father decides that his son should practice his profession in a rich of mineral Rhodopa Mountain. Chavdar meets geologists and locals who love their profession and the region. Here he finds true love with Vanya, a girl born and raised in the mountain. She is a part time geologist student and dreams of finding new ore sources. Chavdar has to leave, and he bids farewell to his friends, certain that one day he will come back to continue his search.