King for a Day (1983 film)

Господин за един ден Gospodin za edin den (King for a Day)
Directed by
Written by	Nikola Statkov
Starring	Todor Kolev Itzhak Fintzi Yordanka Stefanova Stoyan Gadev
Cinematography	Krasimir Kostov
Music by	Ivan Staykov
Production companies	Bulgarian Cinematography Studios for feature films „Boyana“
Release date	1983
Running time	87 minutes
Country	Bulgaria
Language	Bulgarian

Gentlemen for a Day (Bulgarian: Господин за един ден, romanized: Gospodin za edin den) is a Bulgarian comedy-drama film released in 1983, directed by , starring Todor Kolev and Itzhak Fintzi. The screenplay is written by Nikola Statkov based on his short stories “The Outlander” and “The Mister”.

The main character Purko (Todor Kolev) is a poor peasant with many children, constantly starting extravagant initiatives to get out of poverty during the hard times between the two world wars. The only consolation he finds in the music with his clarinet and his inborn musical talent until one day he meets an elegant couple from a town. They promise him prosperity if he mortgages his house and invests the money in their business.

This is the second out of three super hit films, featuring Todor Kolev in the leading role, released during the 1980s. The others are (1980) directed also by Nikolay Volev and Dangerous Charm (1984) directed by Ivan Andonov. The performance by Kolev, with a reference to the great comedians of the silent cinema,^[1] received a broad critical acclaim.

Cast[]

• Todor Kolev as Asparuh Kanchev - Purko
• Itzhak Fintzi as the tax-collector
• Yordanka Stefanova as Purko's wife
• Stoyan Gadev as the priest
• as Mito the barefooted (a fellow-villager)
• as the village mayor
• as a fellow-villager
• as Bay Linko, the tavern-keeper
• Veliko Stoyanov
• Georgi Mamalev as the engineer Kerkelezov (eccentric inventor)
• Boris Radinevski
• Kina Mutafova

References[]

Sources[]

• 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.

External links[]

• King for a Day at IMDb
• King for a Day at the Bulgarian National Television (in Bulgarian)