The Tied Up Balloon () is a Bulgarian satirical comedy-drama film released in 1967, directed by Binka Zhelyazkova, starring Georgi Partsalev, Grigor Vachkov, Georgi Kaloyanchev, Konstantin Kotsev and Georgi Georgiev-Getz. 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.The Tied Up Balloon at the Bulgarian National Television 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. In 2021, the film was digitized and restored. The digitally restored version premiered on March 16, 2021 at the Lumiere Cinema in Sofia.
Plot
Cast Grigor Vachkov as the man with the pistol Georgi Kaloyanchev as a peasant Georgi Partsalev as a peasant Konstantin Kotsev as a peasant Georgi Georgiev-Getz as a peasant Ivan Bratanov as a peasant Konstantin Kisimov as the blind man Lyubomir Dimitrov as a peasant Tsvyatko Nikolov as a peasant Petar Slabakov Vasil Popiliev Janet Miteva as the girl in white Stoyan Gadev Dosyo Dosev Ivan Obretenov Nikola Dadov Neycho Popov Stoyanka Mutafova Domna Ganeva
References
Sources
External links
The Tied Up Balloon at the Bulgarian National Film Archive at the Bulgarian National Television The Tied Up Balloon at Kultura newspaper.