// Workers AI · dad joke modeWho's Dimitar Manchev? A man to check off.
Dimitar Manchev Димитър Манчев | |
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| Born | July 17, 1934 |
| Died | January 14, 2009 (aged 74) |
| Occupations | Film and Theatre Actor |
| Years active | 1959–2008 |
Dimitar Manchev (Bulgarian: Димитър Манчев) was a Bulgarian stage and film actor born in 1934, deceased in 2009.
Career and Legacy
[edit]He is best known for the colourful character of Mitashki he portrayed in the Bulgarian hit movie from the 1980s A Nameless Band. He is also known for the numerous roles on the stage, most notably as Kovadzhik in The Pig tails by Jaroslav Dietl, Shtatala in Tarelkin' death by Aleksandr Sukhovo-Kobylin, Mr. Fratyu in Uncles by Ivan Vazov and Orgon in Tartuffe by Molière.[1]
Selected filmography
[edit]| Year | Film | Role | Notes | ||
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| Bulgarian title | Transliteration | English title | |||
| 1966 | Горещо пладне | Goreshto pladne | Torrid Noon | director: Zako Heskiya | |
| 1966 | Понеделник сутрин | Ponedelnik sutrin | Monday Morning | because of the communist censorship it was released in 1988 | |
| 1968 | Последният войвода | Posledniyat voyvoda | The Last Voivode | ||
| 1971 | Герловска история | Gerlovska istoriya | Gerlovo Event | Semkata | director: Grisha Ostrovski |
| 1973 | Най-добрият човек, когото познавам | Nay - dobriyat chovek, kogoto poznavam | The Kindest Person I Know | Georgi Nedelchev | |
| 1978 | Топло | Toplo | Warmth | ||
| 1979 | Роялът | Royalat | The Grand Piano | ||
| 1981 | Непълнолетие | Nepalnoletie | Infancy | bay Sotir (Lena' uncle) | |
| 1982 | Оркестър без име | Orkestar bez ime | A Nameless Band | Mitashki | director: Lyudmil Kirkov |
| 1986 | 19 метра вятър | 19 metra vyatar | Nineteen Metres of Wind | Ginyo | |
References
[edit]- ↑ (in Bulgarian) Dimitar Manchev at teatri.bg
Sources
[edit]- Gencheva, Galina (2008). Bulgarian Feature Films encyclopedia. Sofia: Publishing house "Dr Ivan Bogorov". ISBN 978-954-316-069-3.
- Kovachev, Pencho (2008). 50 Golden Bulgarian Films. Sofia: Publishing house "Zahariy Stoyanov". ISBN 978-954-09-0281-4.