Tzvetana Maneva

Tzvetana Maneva

Born: January 30, 1944
in Plovdiv, Bulgaria

Movies for Tzvetana Maneva...

Title: Dear Heirs
Character: Баба Злата
Released: January 15, 2018
Type: TV
"Dear Heirs" tells the story of one big, disconnected family forced to love together under one roof in Beli Vit village in order to get their inheritance of 1.2 million euros. Children and grandchildren should live under the roof of the family patriarch for one year without leaving the village for more than 12 hours. Those events will change the characters, their desires and principles. Traditions and moderns trends meets business ideas, and the values of patriarchal family meets with the modern family.
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The Petrov File
Title: The Petrov File
Released: March 6, 2015
Type: Movie
In the late 1980s, stage actor Alexander Petrov is banned from theatre without any apparent reason. When he reappears, after the demise of the Communist regime, he discovers that he had been denounced by the one man he admired most, his master and friend. He discovers this fact at the very moment that he is called upon to deliver a funeral eulogy for the man. Devastated, Petrov declares that he is retiring from public life. That’s when Markov offers his help. An old acquaintance, Markov was a former director of the secret service, who has become a successful businessman. Now, in the mid-1990s, the country is wracked by unretstrained capitalism, along with violence and gang wars. Markov, an admirer of Petrov’s stage talents, offers to make him the leader of a new political party aiming at rescuing the country. Can this work? Is Markov the right man to be allied with? Petrov must make a fateful decision.
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Title: Undercover
Character: Tzveta Andonova
Released: April 17, 2011
Type: TV
Just an ordinary boy from the Sofia suburbs becomes the first bulgarian undercover cop. Forced by his father when he was young to lie and cheat, Martin becomes the perfect liar. That skill, and also the hatred of the 'underworld' makes him the perfect match for a dangerous mission - to infiltrate the crime organisation of a rich and powerful businessman. While infiltrating and living in fear of being uncovered, Martin falls in love with the most inappropriate woman - Djaro's girlfriend, Suni. Just when he gains the trust of the mobsters, it appears that the real enemy is in the police. Martin is alone against all, facing difficult decisions.
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Binka: To Tell a Story About Silence
Title: Binka: To Tell a Story About Silence
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 2007
Type: Movie
A film pioneer, Binka Zhelyazkova was at the forefront of political cinema under Bulgaria's Communist dictatorship. Though she remained faithful to the communist ideals she became an avid critic of the regime and brought upon herself the wrath of its censorship. As a result four of her nine films were shelved and released to the public only after the fall of the regime in 1989, and Binka Zhelyazkova became known as the bad girl of Bulgarian cinema. A provocative portrait that reveals the pressures and complexities that arise when art is made under totalitarianism.
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Parched
Title: Parched
Character: The Mother
Released: June 10, 2005
Type: Movie
Two trains uncontrollably move towards each other within temporal boundaries of a human life. One of them is taking a genial young man to his unforeseen future; he would marry his beloved; have a son; become a brilliant doctor; do his duty and save the live of enemies of the communist regime; get a 20-years sentence for that. Prison would turn out to be an unbearable nightmare; his wife would eventually give in to the tortures of the authorities and seek divorce; this would mean no one to visit him in prison. 15 years without any news about his child, only a snapshot of his family on which the tree of them are smiling and happy.
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Fate as a Rat
Title: Fate as a Rat
Released: November 2, 2001
Type: Movie
It is a story about a group of friends who live in a small seaport town. Their lifestyle is rigorous, their joys are simple and their sex life is raw. Their concepts of man's dignity, friendship and duty are wrong and primitive. The film helps us to understand and forgive them.
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Impure Blood
Title: Impure Blood
Character: Sofkina majka
Released: April 13, 1996
Type: Movie
Impure Blood (Serbian: Нечиста крв, Nečista krv) is a 1996 film adaptation of the Impure Blood novel written by Borisav Stanković. It is concerned with themes of Serbian south, in the reforming in late 19th century.
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Marital Jokes
Title: Marital Jokes
Released: September 4, 1989
Type: Movie
Six stories about the modern Bulgarian family.
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On the Roofs at Night
Title: On the Roofs at Night
Released: February 8, 1988
Type: Movie
1987 Bulgarian 2-part television feature film (drama) directed by Binka Zhelyazkova
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Poem
Title: Poem
Released: August 18, 1986
Type: Movie
The action in the film takes place in a remote Bulgarian village. A certain conflict takes place between the new-coming young people and the old villages because of the water.
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Forget About This Case
Title: Forget About This Case
Character: Maria
Released: May 6, 1985
Type: Movie
Inspector Andreev arrives in a small provincial town. He starts digging through his predecessor's unsolved case, which involves certain big shots in town.
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Looking for a Husband for Mum
Title: Looking for a Husband for Mum
Character: Maykata
Released: April 1, 1985
Type: Movie
8-year old Alek's parents are divorced and he lives with his mother. He can feel that after the divorce there has been a big void in her life. He decides to help her by finding a suitable husband. He first decides on an athlete, then a driver but none of them seem to be good enough for her. Then he runs into Chony, who immediately feels as the perfect fit for mum. Alek has to figure out how to make the two of them meet and at the same time divert mum's attention from uncle Mincho. All of his plans eventually fail but Alek comes to realize that he should not meddle with his mother's personal life and let her choose for herself.
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Porwanie
Title: Porwanie
Character: Mother of Cwetanka
Released: January 9, 1985
Type: Movie
A group of kids takes a boat to save a friend
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I've Been Waiting For You
Title: I've Been Waiting For You
Character: Nurse Nikolova
Released: October 1, 1984
Type: Movie
Nurse Nikolova takes care of the elderly. She faces various human destinies. Her patients spend the rest of their lives alone. They seek from her what they have not received from their own children. They love her. Nurse Nikolova touches on the complex problems of human existence.
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Dangerous Charm
Title: Dangerous Charm
Released: June 18, 1984
Type: Movie
He is well educated, charming, and gallant - a dream for each lonely lady. In reality he is a skillful swindler, who robs naive women. Cheating merchants with guilty consciences are his targets as well. This is the elusive protagonist of the movie. He constantly changes his name, stages his own death, and travels from town to town. His exploits are myriad and his life is an endless adventure. Yet, he remains an amiable swindler, an unrealized actor, whose only goal is make his life more interesting.
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Under One Sky
Title: Under One Sky
Character: Mariya
Released: January 1, 1982
Type: Movie
After working for four difficult years in the Far North, extracting timber in the taiga, Bulgarian Angel Naydenov and Russian Nikolai Pavlov, leaders of a large timber industry enterprise, became friends, as it turned out, forever. And now, meeting a friend at the Sofia airport, Naydenov recalls joint successes and defeats.
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Measure for Measure
Title: Measure for Measure
Character: Tashta
Released: May 4, 1981
Type: Movie
Early 20th century. This is an era of seething passions, aspirations for freedom and national self-identification. Uprising are incited, blood is shed. The picture features national leaders who become heroes as early as in their lifetime. The protagonist is rank-and-file Macedonian who is unwittingly swept by the events. Later, it was his conscious choice. He was a witness of changes, crucial for the nation. He comes across legendary personalities. He gets enchanted and disappointed. He is seeking for the right answers, rethinks what he saw and experienced to tell his story in his simple, but candid and wise words of his own.
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Ladies' Choice
Title: Ladies' Choice
Character: Pehlivanova
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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Noshtnite bdeniya na pop Vecherko
Title: Noshtnite bdeniya na pop Vecherko
Character: Milka
Released: May 19, 1980
Type: Movie
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Status: Orderly
Title: Status: Orderly
Character: Tzaritzata
Released: March 14, 1978
Type: Movie
Set in the thirties, a sensitive peasant boy who is caught in the vice of cruel military machine. From the start his masters treat him as an inanimate object, which can change hands without so much as a second thought. This is a story about human dignity in a society resting on violence and subordination.
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Surgeons
Title: Surgeons
Released: October 1, 1977
Type: Movie
This is a film about moral dilemmas which surgeons face. Dr Panov, the head doctor of a provincial hospital, has a keen sense of responsibility and he takes risks in the name of life a lot more often than his colleagues.
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The Swimming Pool
Title: The Swimming Pool
Character: Dora
Released: August 29, 1977
Type: Movie
Apostol, an architect on this side of forty, meets by chance Bella at a swimming pool on the night of her graduation party.
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To Eat the Apple
Title: To Eat the Apple
Character: Maria
Released: January 9, 1976
Type: Movie
Maria, a beautiful middle-aged woman, former participant in the fight against Nazism is killed. The investigator Urumov discovers the criminal. Urumov wants to know the reason why Dzherikarov has committed the murder. Dzherikarov is a former officer of the king army. Maria's memories expose the fact that she has arrested his commander in the past. By killing Maria, he wants to save his understanding of "officer's honor". Urumov sees that Maria's daughter leaves at the mother's grave an apple. In order to save her illusion, he eats the apple every time. In final talk with Dzherikarov, the murderer condemns himself to death and eats the apple.
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Buna
Title: Buna
Character: The Teacher
Released: October 3, 1975
Type: Movie
1920's. A young girl - teacher comes from the city to a small, poor village to teach the children. There is a medic in the village. Without being a doctor, he has taken up the noble deed to help people. The "miracle" of the village is two twins - brother and sister, Lefter and Leftera. Both of them resell village land. Everyone is feeling the pressure from the twins. This causes the eruption of a violent and bloody riot.
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The Weddings of Ioan Assen
Title: The Weddings of Ioan Assen
Character: Ana
Released: January 3, 1975
Type: Movie
The film takes us back into the times of the Second Bulgarian Kingdom - 13th century. The Bulgarian Emperor - Tsar Ioan Assen - is trying through several marriages to enlarge the State and to support the peace in it.
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A Difficult Love
Title: A Difficult Love
Character: Ekaterina
Released: October 4, 1974
Type: Movie
In a small town, two married people fall in love. What difficulties they will face and how to cope with them.
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The Last Bachelor
Title: The Last Bachelor
Character: Yordanka, Tsokov's sweetheart
Released: August 15, 1974
Type: Movie
The middle-aged poor painter Tsokov doesn't believe in marriage, something completely unacceptable in a cramped socialist society.
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The Last Word
Title: The Last Word
Character: Uchitelkata
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 Swedish Kings
Title: The Swedish Kings
Character: Blago's wife
Released: February 1, 1968
Type: Movie
The construction worker Spas decides to go on a holiday at a luxurious seaside resort where he can live "like the Swedish kings". He gets himself in strange and embarrassing situations, only to soon realize that real happiness is not in this coveted gilded world but among his work brigade buddies.
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Kaloyan
Title: Kaloyan
Character: Denitza
Released: January 21, 1963
Type: Movie
1197. King Kaloyan ascends the throne in hard times for Bulgaria. The country is still recovering from a century of Byzantine subjugation. He is forced to carry out a very flexible foreign policy in order to strength his positions. Pope Innocent III recognizes him as Emperor (Tsar), but a little later the fourth Crusade crosses the country under Emperor Baldwin. A new conflict is coming. Tsar Kaloyan wages the decisive battle at Adrianople and wins.
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Leaf, torn away
Title: Leaf, torn away
Character: Auntie Gichka
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Vesa, a 16-year old Bulgarian girl, cannot speak. A fortune-teller predicts that the girl will convalesce if somebody sacrifices their life for her. The fortune-teller's mentally challenged nephew, who comes to hear the prophecy, follows the girl.