We Were Young (film)

(Redirected from A byahme mladi)

We Were Young (Bulgarian: А бяхме млади, A byahme mladi) is a 1961 Bulgarian drama film directed by Binka Zhelyazkova and written by Hristo Ganev. The film is centered on the Bulgarian resistance to Nazism in Sofia during the Second World War.

We Were Young
Directed byBinka Zhelyazkova
Written byHristo Ganev
Produced byBinka Zhelyazkova
StarringDimitar Buynozov
CinematographyVasil Holiolchev
Music bySimeon Pironkov
Distributed byBoyana Film
Release date
  • 13 March 1961 (1961-03-13)
Running time
110 minutes
CountryBulgaria
LanguageBulgarian

Cast

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Release and acclaim

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The film premiered on 13 March 1961 in Bulgaria. The film premiered in Russia in July 1962 at the 2nd Moscow International Film Festival and won the Golden Prize (1959–1967) for director Binka Zhelyazkova.[1] Zhelyazkova was nominated as director of best picture at the Grand Prix Film Festival in 1961.

Box office

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A reported 2,303,354 admissions were recorded for the film in cinemas throughout Bulgaria.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "2nd Moscow International Film Festival (1961)". MIFF. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
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