THE TIED UP BALLOON

THE TIED UP BALLOON 
Feature film 98‘ ©1967

THE TIED UP BALLOON is a Bulgarian satirical comedy-drama. The screenplay, written by Yordan Radichkov is based on his play ‘Bustle’.
During the Second World War a barrage balloon appears out of nowhere in the sky above a Bulgarian village. This shakes the imagination of the peasants and causes endless speculations, assumptions and contentions.
Almost immediately after the premiere, the film was stopped by the communist authority because of the direct display of the actual reality in the Bulgarian villages as well as for the hints about the origin of many of the communist leaders. After the restoration of the democracy in 1990, the movie came into a broad view and was recognized as one of the masterpieces of the Bulgarian cinematography from that time.

production company STUDIO ‘BOYANA’
distributed by KOULEV FILM PRODUCTION

director BINKA ZHELYAZKOVA
screenplay YORDAN RADICHKOV
cinematographer EMIL VAGENSHTAYN
music SIMEON PIRONKOV
art director CHRISTO GRADECHLIEV
voiceover KOSTA TSONEV

cast
JANET MITEVA 
GRIGOR VACHKOV 
GEORGI KALOYANCHEV 
GEORGI PARTSALEV 
KONSTANTIN KOTSEV 
GEORGI GEORGIEV - GETZ 
IVAN BRATANOV 
KONSTANTIN KISIMOV 
LYUBOMIR DIMITROV 
TSVYATKO NIKOLOV
PETAR SLABAKOV
STOYAN GADEV
STOYANKA MUTAFOVA
VASIL POPILIEV