Bulgarian Rhapsody
Bulgarian Rhapsody is a 2014 drama film directed by Ivan Nitchev. It was selected as the Bulgarian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards, but was not nominated. There was some controversy in the selection due to Nitchev's involvement with the Bulgarian National Film Council.
The film is part of a historic trilogy about Bulgarian Jewry, which also includes the films After the End of the World and Journey to Jerusalem.
Plot
The film is a drama set in 1943 Bulgaria against the backdrop of the persecution of Bulgarian Jews and the deportation of Jews from Thrace, Macedonia, and Pirot to extermination camps. It tells the story of two boys—one Jewish and the other a Bulgarian Christian—who both fall in love with a Jewish girl from the city of Kavala, which was nominally annexed by Bulgaria, but remained under German control in the years 1941-44.Cast
- Stefan Popov as Giogio
- Kristiyan Makarov as Moni
- Anjela Nedyalkova as Shelli
- Moni Moshonov as Moiz
- Stoyan Aleksiev as Abraham
- Alex Ansky as Albert
- Tatyana Lolova as Fortune
- Dimitar Ratchkov as Ivan Georgiev