Mikhail Mikhaylov
Actor · 1921 – 1996 · Kyustendil, Principality of Bulgaria [now Bulgaria]
Movies14
Movie7.1DramaWarThe wife of a Bulgarian POW camp's warden falls in love with a Serbian prisoner at the end of World War I.
Movie10.0DramaThis 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.
Movie6.3HistoryA humble scientist from Padua proves that the Earth revolves and that it is not the center of the universe.
Galileo
1968 · 30 votes
Movie7.0ComedyDramaA small circus troupe wants to perform for the children in a small Eastern European town, but is prevented from doing so by the evil town boss. The circus' clown and his colleagues come up with a plan to defeat the boss and his men and put on a show for the kids.
The Clown and the Kids
1967 · 1 votes
Movie9.0DramaIn the House of Marriages, the young couples are paraded one after other. The newlyweds sign the register, kiss and receive congratulations. The picture fades out and another house takes shape: house of executions. An antifascist resister condemned to die marries his beloved minutes before facing the firing squad.
Movie8.0DramaThe beginning of the 18th century. Bulgaria is under the Ottoman bondage. The monks of the Monastery of Hilendar on Mount Athos warn the young monk Paisiy to beware of the "pestilent chapel". On his deathbed, the abbot conjures Paisiy to search for Slavonic books. The young monk goes from one monastery to another in search of ancient books. He breaks into the "pestilent chapel" and finds there stacks of old Bulgarian books telling of the wisdom of Bulgarians kings, and of the power and civilization of the Bulgarian Empire and its past glory. His fellow-monks try to burn the books but Paisiy manages to escape. His Slav-Bulgarian History circulates in handwritten copies through the captive country and the Bulgarians becomes truly aware of their national identity.
Movie7.0DramaIn the last moments of his life, the writer turns over episodes from his past. He finds the cause of another death, ahead of the last breath.
Movie10.0DramaWar has come to a small Bulgarian town. The boy Mitko befriends a wounded partisan whom he hides in his attic. When the partisan goes into the forest, Mitko and his parents go with him. So the boy, having interrupted his childhood games, becomes a full-fledged member of the partisan detachment. One day, heroically defending his wounded comrades, Mitko dies in an unequal battle with the Nazis.
- Movie8.0Drama
Marin, a middle-aged man, returns to his birthplace, nearly twenty years after he left.
Movie10.0DramaThree young men, who have become friends while doing their national service, make their way in the world.
Movie8.5AdventureDramaThe year is 1948 and a counter-revolutionary gang is active in the Pirin region. A State Security officer managed to infiltrate the gang. He becomes "one of their own", but isn't in a rush to complete his task.
Movie7.0DramaAnna, nicknamed the She-wolf, is a young girl with provocative behavior, who actually hides an unhappy childhood without parents and real friends.
Movie5.5ComedyTV MovieAmerican filmmakers associated with the mafia are concerned about the great success of Bulgarian films around the world. They decided to send a big spy, Jesse James, to Bulgaria. His task is to blow up the film studios. But the Bulgarian inspector Lokum Shekerov is at his post.
Movie7.0DramaThe Soviet army is approaching the Bulgarian border. Many government ministers and army officers prepare to flee the country. The partisans take over the key administrative buildings. At the War Ministry, the commander of the armored brigade Major Essev hesitates between his sense of honor as an officer and his patriotic duty. He takes the side of the partisans.