Hotel Central (film)
Hotel Central (Bulgarian: Хотел Централ, also known as The Central Hotel) is a 1983 Bulgarian film written and directed by Veselin Branev. It was entered into the main competition at the 40th edition of the Venice Film Festival to large critical acclaim.[1] The film is based on two short stories of Georgi Kostantinov.[2][3]
| Hotel Central | |
|---|---|
| Хотел Централ (Hotel Zentral) | |
| Directed by | Veselin Branev |
| Written by | Veselin Branev |
| Starring | Iren Krivoshieva |
| Cinematography | Yatsek Todorov |
| Edited by | Nadezhda Tzenova |
| Music by | Bozhidar Petkov |
Production company | |
Release date | 1983 |
| Country | Bulgaria |
| Language | Bulgarian |
Plot
Set on the eve of the 1934 coup d'état, the film tells the parallel stories of the chambermaid Tinka, who is forced to prostitution, and of a stage company led by Tinka's idol.
Cast
- Iren Krivoshieva as Tinka
- Zhivko Garvanov as Aptekaryat Yonchev
- Valentin Gadzhokov as Stefo
- Boryana Puncheva as Lencheto
- Anton Radichev as Stavri
- Stoyan Stoev as Benyo
References
- Goulding, Daniel J. (1989). Post New Wave Cinema in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. Indiana University Press. p. 215. ISBN 978-0-253-34559-2.
- Slater, Thomas J. (1992). Handbook of Soviet and East European Films and Filmmakers. Greenwood Press. p. 375. ISBN 978-0-313-26239-5.
- LPR (12 July 1984). "The Central Hotel (review)". LA Weekly. p. 22. Retrieved 15 February 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
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