Lyuben Chatalov

Lyuben Chatalov

Born: February 24, 1950
in Sofia, Bulgaria

Movies for Lyuben Chatalov...

The Tesla Case
Title: The Tesla Case
Released: March 31, 2023
Type: Movie
The Tesla case is a contemporary story about the adventures of the ten-year-old Tony and Raya, who have become friends after the previous Curie case. As a promising young "inventor," Tony develops a wireless synthesis device inspired by eccentric scientist Nikola Tesla. Tony strongly believes that his discovery will solve the global energy crisis. For his disappointment he had to go to camp with his classmates. He calls for a company his beloved girlfriend and neighbor Raya, who gladly welcomes her because she is once again abandoned by her eternally traveling parents. Surviving nature will not be the only obstacle that Tony expects to be. Chief of local scouts, Victor, is jealous of Tony, decides to break his scientific experiments and win the heart of Paradise as she unfolds the mystery of a mysterious werewolf wandering in the woods.
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Rootless
Title: Rootless
Released: October 30, 2022
Type: Movie
Nikolay and Delya live all alone in a farm near the city, when one day their daughter Kalina visits them with her new family.
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The Blessed
Title: The Blessed
Released: September 30, 2020
Type: Movie
Based on the book: "Bobby The Blessed and the other American" (2015) by Emil Andreev. Pure love, priceless medicine and a accidental meeting with the future president of the USA - John Kennedy change the life of a man. Bombardment in Sofia during 1944 make him lose his mind, but he saves his innocent soul.
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Пътуващо кино
Title: Пътуващо кино
Released: August 24, 2019
Type: Movie
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Damascena
Title: Damascena
Released: November 3, 2017
Type: Movie
The story follows a young boy's life which started in the Rose Valley. Nowadays - a grown up man, struggling to make his dream come true.
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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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Tony
Title: Tony
Character: Fipo
Released: September 16, 1991
Type: Movie
Little Tony does not have a father, but her mother is just an obstacle. The child often stays outside the locked door while the mother has fun with another guest. Tony wanders in the streets or walks to Pipe doll artist's studio. Here the girl is immersed in a fairy-tale world, very different from the one around her. But Fipo has his own life and problems. Tony is not mad at her mother, loves her and wants to live with her. But for neighboring children, Tony is a bad example. Their parents are doing their best to put her in a boarding school without being interested in her opinion. Is this better for the little girl?
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Thou Who Art in Heaven
Title: Thou Who Art in Heaven
Character: Victor's Father
Released: January 22, 1990
Type: Movie
А dying man reveals to his young friend, a child of 8, the fairy world of music.
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The Sole Witness
Title: The Sole Witness
Character: Vladimir Panov
Released: January 17, 1990
Type: Movie
When a tired factory worker Christo Panov going home from work gets embroiled with a dispute with a bus driver, leading to threats of assault by the driver, that's bad enough. Then an irate passenger files charges against the driver. After the driver appears on the factory worker's doorstep with his wife and three children, pleading with him not to testify, he easily agrees. However, soon he learns that the woman who brought charges against the driver is now being charged by with slander. No matter what he does, someone will suffer unneccessarily.
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Only You, My Heart
Title: Only You, My Heart
Character: Arso
Released: February 16, 1987
Type: Movie
The title of the film is taken from the popular Bulgarian song. This is a film about the life of a common Bulgarian worker. The action focuses on his family, his relatives, and his friends.
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Day of Rulers
Title: Day of Rulers
Character: Omurtag
Released: September 22, 1986
Type: Movie
The protagonist in this picture is legendary Bulgarian Khan Krum - a ruler in the beginning of IX century. In this period, Bulgaria ranked third in Europe in terms of territory and military power. It is Khan Krum who contributed to the union of Bulgarians and Slavs. He enforces unseen to that day laws against calumniators, thieves, violators. It stirs discontent among his closest men. The ruler is smart and just, but isn't he too severe? At what cost can one ensure order and progress in a state?
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The Black Swans
Title: The Black Swans
Character: Architect Petar Atanasov
Released: September 17, 1984
Type: Movie
Violetta is a ballerina in a provincial town. She is the daughter of an opera singer and a violinist. The years pass in anticipation of the big role, and the men she meets do not understand her and she remains alone. When the chance finally comes - to play the role of Odette, Violetta realises she has failed.
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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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The Green Fields
Title: The Green Fields
Character: Ivan
Released: April 30, 1984
Type: Movie
Mitko does not like civilization. While buying materials for the renovation of the old family house, he unexpectedly buys a horse and cart. His family and friends disapprove of the sudden appearance of a horse in his house.
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Up in the Cherry Tree
Title: Up in the Cherry Tree
Character: Bashtata na Lin
Released: April 2, 1984
Type: Movie
The adventures of a mischievous boy in his neighborhood during the summer break.
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Destiny
Title: Destiny
Released: October 29, 1983
Type: Movie
This is a film about old fashioned Bulgarian customs and moral rules. A pre-arranged marriage of two children is no obstacle to true love.
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Surge of Tenderness
Title: Surge of Tenderness
Released: September 19, 1983
Type: Movie
The end of World War II. The Bulgarian army is fighting the German one. Private Peycho Peychev known as Peychina is also at the frontier - a sensitive and timid person forced to witness the horrors of the war. His commanding officer keeps saying that at the end of a war the world is swept by a 'surge of tenderness'. After a serious injury, Peychina goes back to his birth place. The new ruling powers in the village try to win him over to their side but what he is really good at is holding the chisel, not the gun. He carves an image of Elena, a woman that he falls in love with. Yet, the surge of tenderness in the world seems to be canceled. Peychina comes to be responsible for the death of an anarchist and helps capture his commanding officer, who fights against the new rule. When the mayor hands him a gun again, he refuses to take it.
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Infernal Weapon
Title: Infernal Weapon
Character: Batil
Released: November 1, 1982
Type: Movie
A knight is tasked with finding a mystical weapon.
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Reflections
Title: Reflections
Released: July 26, 1982
Type: Movie
Maya lives in Burgas on the coast of the Black Sea. She's a young woman trying to find herself. The film features the poetry of Petya Dubarova and is loosely inspired by her life.
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Avalanche
Title: Avalanche
Character: Zimornichaviya
Released: February 15, 1982
Type: Movie
A team of climbers are preparing for their new mountain climbing expedition. They are brought together by their mutual love for this dangerous sport, for its challenges. They, however, differ in tempers, in problems and notions of honor and dignity. Already up in the mountain, they are expected to pull themselves together to the full, in order to succumb to the will of the leader and forget about the tensions, accumulated among the members of the team. The team of young mountaineers is scaling a difficult summit, but mid-way they are buried by an avalanche. Caught in the deadly vortex, each of the characters relieves the cherished moments of his or her life. Each character illustrates a separate theme. Nayden has to cope with the problems of leadership. Nikifor is his rival, who is destined to be the perennial number two. The Man ho Is Sensitive to Cold is preoccupied with the subject of friendship. Matters that are typically artist absorb the Poet, The Sculptor and the Cameraman.
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Adaptation
Title: Adaptation
Character: Bogomil
Released: June 22, 1981
Type: Movie
Where does the dividing line lie between insanity and supersensitive mentality? How should we treat people who act in a different way then we do? A young and gifted shrink sets up a group, using up-to-date and unknown methods. His idea is to socialize such people, to integrate them into a society they keep aloof from, and help them to survive.
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The Big Night Bathe
Title: The Big Night Bathe
Character: Stoyan
Released: December 1, 1980
Type: Movie
Friends of different generations, practicing different professions, spend together their summer holidays at the seaside every year. It is sunny; they look carefree and happy. They know each other very well, they are used to each other. To such an extent, that bore becomes inevitable. It is boredom that incites them to play a dangerous game. The end is dramatic: a young boy gets killed. It is the moment to draw the bottom line. The question is: Isn't the death of the spirit worse than of the body?
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Illusion
Title: Illusion
Character: Hudozhnika
Released: November 3, 1980
Type: Movie
The intricate relations between an Artist, an Actress and a Poet are seen against the background of one of the most dramatic events in the recent history of Bulgaria: uprising, which broke out in 1923.
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Game of Love
Title: Game of Love
Released: January 7, 1980
Type: Movie
Lyubo is an actor in a provincial theater. He prepares for his role of Cirano De Bergerak from the play by Edmond Rostand. This is his dream role. His edge outside the theater is slowed down by the conformity of the artisan-ship. Lily is a pianist. She is taken by her pupils at the musician school. She wants to overcome her stage fright. Lyubo and Lily have never met. They know each other thanks to a wrongly dialed number. The culmination comes, just like in Rostand's play. The two arrange to meet, but Lyubo gets scared and he sends his friend - an unscrupulous boy. The one who gets the victory is not the one Lily loves.
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Boomerang
Title: Boomerang
Released: March 5, 1979
Type: Movie
The last student days before the redistribution. The linguist must go to a remote village to work as a teacher. The outlook is not good at all for the ambitious man who published his own story and is searching for the realization of a career in literature. Mihail is looking for the possibility that will let him in Sofia. He is from countryside; his diploma is not of the highest merit; his career as an author is still not established. He meets by chance a famous writer. Soon the attitude of Mihail towards the writer becomes colder,, since he understands that he was used as an object of description. Mihail sees the situation as a deal - he offers "material" for the writer's novel for a note, needed for him to stay in Sofia. The writer's uncompromising nature breaks the deal and Mihail is traveling to the village or maybe to himself.