Stoyan Aleksiev

Yesterday (1988)

The 1960s was the time of Beatles and Rolling Stones, the time of sexual revolution. These events have their echo in Bulgarian English-learning school. The school order provokes a protest of the students due to the narrow-minded teachers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ivan Andonov
CAST:  Hristo Shopov  •  Georgi Staykov  •  Georgi Rusev  •  Sofiya Kuzeva

The 1960s was the time of Beatles and Rolling Stones, the time of sexual revolution. These events have their echo in Bulgarian English-learning school. The school order provokes a protest of the students due to the narrow-minded teachers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ivan Andonov
CAST:  Hristo Shopov  •  Georgi Staykov  •  Georgi Rusev  •  Sofiya Kuzeva

Stonehearst Asylum (2014)

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A Harvard Medical School graduate takes a position at a mental institution and soon becomes obsessed with a female mental patient, but he has no idea of a recent and horrifying staffing change.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Brad Anderson
CAST:  Kate Beckinsale  •  Ben Kingsley  •  Michael Caine  •  Brendan Gleeson

A Harvard Medical School graduate takes a position at a mental institution and soon becomes obsessed with a female mental patient, but he has no idea of a recent and horrifying staffing change.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Brad Anderson
CAST:  Kate Beckinsale  •  Ben Kingsley  •  Michael Caine  •  Brendan Gleeson

Stolen Eyes (2005)

This is a story of strange, impossible, inexplicable love between a Muslim Turk woman and a non-Muslim Bulgarian man. Ivan (the Bulgarian) is a pure and romantic young fellow, who gets caught up in the so-called "regeneration process" (when ethnic Turks' names were ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Radoslav Spassov
CAST:  Vesela Kazakova  •  Valeri Yordanov  •  Nejat İşler  •  Ichak Finci

This is a story of strange, impossible, inexplicable love between a Muslim Turk woman and a non-Muslim Bulgarian man. Ivan (the Bulgarian) is a pure and romantic young fellow, who gets caught up in the so-called "regeneration process" (when ethnic Turks' names were ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Radoslav Spassov
CAST:  Vesela Kazakova  •  Valeri Yordanov  •  Nejat İşler  •  Ichak Finci

Where Are You Going? (1986)

In this comedy, a mathematician is so bored and burnt-out with his career that he rebels, first by crawling under a table during an interminable faculty meeting and then by throwing his telephone away, locking his wife out of their apartment, and running off on his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rangel Vulchanov
CAST:  Stoyan Aleksiev  •  Georgi Kaloyanchev  •  Katerina Evro  •  Iossif Surchadzhiev

In this comedy, a mathematician is so bored and burnt-out with his career that he rebels, first by crawling under a table during an interminable faculty meeting and then by throwing his telephone away, locking his wife out of their apartment, and running off on his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rangel Vulchanov
CAST:  Stoyan Aleksiev  •  Georgi Kaloyanchev  •  Katerina Evro  •  Iossif Surchadzhiev

Vatanen's Hare (2006)

A reporter who's soon to receive the Journalist of the Year Award hits a young hare on his way home. He gets out of the car to see if it's ok, but the hare runs off deeper into the forest, taking him on adventure of self-discovery.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marc Rivière
CAST:  Christophe Lambert  •  Julie Gayet  •  François Morel  •  Rémy Girard

A reporter who's soon to receive the Journalist of the Year Award hits a young hare on his way home. He gets out of the car to see if it's ok, but the hare runs off deeper into the forest, taking him on adventure of self-discovery.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marc Rivière
CAST:  Christophe Lambert  •  Julie Gayet  •  François Morel  •  Rémy Girard

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DIRECTION:  Olivier Langlois
CAST:  Mélanie Doutey  •  Nino Kirtadzé  •  Paweł Deląg  •  Stoyan Aleksiev

Soraya (2003)

Biopic of Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiari, the second wife of the last Shah of Iran, who was overthrown in the 1979's Islamic Revolution.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lodovico Gasparini
CAST:  Anna Valle  •  Erol Sander  •  Mathilda May  •  Stoyan Aleksiev

Biopic of Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiari, the second wife of the last Shah of Iran, who was overthrown in the 1979's Islamic Revolution.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lodovico Gasparini
CAST:  Anna Valle  •  Erol Sander  •  Mathilda May  •  Stoyan Aleksiev

Time of Violence (1988)

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ludmil Staikov
CAST:  Iossif Surchadzhiev  •  Rousy Chanev  •  Ivan Krystev  •  Anya Pencheva

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ludmil Staikov
CAST:  Iossif Surchadzhiev  •  Rousy Chanev  •  Ivan Krystev  •  Anya Pencheva

Bullet for Heaven (1992)

A story about the Macedonian rebellion of 1901.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sergei Komitski
CAST:  Galin Stoev  •  Dossio Dossev  •  Stoyan Aleksiev  •  Antony Genov

A story about the Macedonian rebellion of 1901.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sergei Komitski
CAST:  Galin Stoev  •  Dossio Dossev  •  Stoyan Aleksiev  •  Antony Genov

Love Dreams (1994)

Edgar M. and his mother come abroad a small ship to Eden Sanatorium spa. It is here that the wife, wronged by her husband, will seek a cure for her bad headache, while the 13-year-old Edgar M. is fighting his first male impulses as well as 'enoresis nocturna', the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ivan Nitchev
CAST:  Ivailo Tsvetkov  •  Tanya Dimitrova  •  Walter Toschi  •  Tatyana Lolova

Edgar M. and his mother come abroad a small ship to Eden Sanatorium spa. It is here that the wife, wronged by her husband, will seek a cure for her bad headache, while the 13-year-old Edgar M. is fighting his first male impulses as well as 'enoresis nocturna', the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ivan Nitchev
CAST:  Ivailo Tsvetkov  •  Tanya Dimitrova  •  Walter Toschi  •  Tatyana Lolova

Don Quixote Returns (1997)

Spain, XVII century. Elderly eccentric Don Quihan dreams of romance about knights and exploits. Everyone around him considers the old man crazy, only the shepherd Sancho Panse sincerely believed in the noble impulses of Don Kihano. One night, Don Quihano decides to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vasiliy Livanov
CAST:  Armen Dzhigarkhanyan  •  Vasiliy Livanov  •  Valentin Smirnitskiy  •  Tsvetana Maneva

Spain, XVII century. Elderly eccentric Don Quihan dreams of romance about knights and exploits. Everyone around him considers the old man crazy, only the shepherd Sancho Panse sincerely believed in the noble impulses of Don Kihano. One night, Don Quihano decides to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vasiliy Livanov
CAST:  Armen Dzhigarkhanyan  •  Vasiliy Livanov  •  Valentin Smirnitskiy  •  Tsvetana Maneva

The Mandolin (1973)

Gallows is being raised in a prison yard. A moment before the execution the Girl brings a document of the young communist's temporary pardon. The chief of the prison, the Major, has a mandolin collection. He offers a fistfight to the young communist. The young man ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ilya Velchev
CAST:  Yuri Angelov  •  Petar Slabakov  •  Sashka Bratanova  •  Dossio Dossev

Gallows is being raised in a prison yard. A moment before the execution the Girl brings a document of the young communist's temporary pardon. The chief of the prison, the Major, has a mandolin collection. He offers a fistfight to the young communist. The young man ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ilya Velchev
CAST:  Yuri Angelov  •  Petar Slabakov  •  Sashka Bratanova  •  Dossio Dossev

Zaches (2010)

The film is a romantic comedy, inspired by the fairy-tale atmosphere of the Hofmann fantasies.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anri Kulev
CAST:  Stoyan Aleksiev  •  Zahari Baharov  •  Violeta Markovska  •  Yavor Baharov

The film is a romantic comedy, inspired by the fairy-tale atmosphere of the Hofmann fantasies.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anri Kulev
CAST:  Stoyan Aleksiev  •  Zahari Baharov  •  Violeta Markovska  •  Yavor Baharov