In a Bulgarian town, as World War I rages on, a Serbian war prisoner falls in love with the wife of a Bulgarian colonel. The couple, slipping through wire obstacles and caught in the crossfire, will do everything possible to preserve their love against the irrationality of war. Subtle and lyrical, The Peach Thief is a touching humanistic story and remains today one of the most recognizable films coming out of Bulgaria.
The Peach Thief
Kradetzat na praskovi
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- Direction: Vulo Radev
- Script: Vulo Radev (based on the novel by Emilian Stanev)
- Cinematography: Todor Stoyanov
- Music: Simeon Pironkov
- Actors: Nevena Kokanova, Rade Markovich, Mikhail Mikhailov, Naum Shopov
- Format: DCP
- Color: B&W
- Production Country: Bulgaria
- Production Year: 1964
- Duration: 95΄
- Distribution in Greece: New Star
- Contact: Bulgarian National Film Centre
- Awards/Distinctions: Special Jury Award, Best Actor, Best Actress – Bulgarian National FF 1964, Bulgaria
Vulo Radev
Vulo Radev (1923–2001) was a Bulgarian film director, writer, and cinematographer, who also did some script editing. Within the context of Bulgarian cinema, his films Tsar and General (1966) and The Peach Thief (1964) have been praised for their “montage within the frame.”
Filmography
1964 Kradetzat na praskovi | The Peach Thief | Ο κλέφτης των ροδακίνων
1966 Tsar i general | Tsar and General
1975 Osadeni dushi | Doomed Souls
1981 Adaptatziya | Adaptation
