The Phoney Civilization (1974)

Original title

Криворазбраната цивилизация

Directed by

Hacho Boyadzhiev

Genre

musical film

Country

People's Republic of Bulgaria

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This TV musical from 1974 pokes fun at people who blindly copy foreign fashions and behaviors. It follows characters in a Bulgarian village as they adopt silly trends from abroad. The story is based on a classic play by Dobri Voynikov.

satiricallivelywhimsicalenergeticlightheartedcomicfolksyplayful

What happens

The Phoney Civilization (Bulgarian: Криворазбраната цивилизация / Krivorazbranata tsivilizatsiya) is a satirical TV musical released in 1974 by the Bulgarian National Television, directed by Hacho Boyadzhiev, starring Georgi Partsalev, Georgi Kaloyanchev, Ruzha Delcheva, Nikola Anastasov, Lora Keranova and Zorka Dimitrova. The work is a musical adaptation based on the 1871 classical play by the Bulgarian playwright Dobri Voynikov. The music is composed by Decho Taralezhkov. The production is in the scope of the programme called Television theatre, a popular programme which has been realized by the Bulgarian television during the 1970s and the 1980s. In a folklore manner, the musical ridicules the "fashionable" trends of behaviour and imitation of the foreign models. The accurately chosen cast, featuring some of the leading Bulgarian comic actors, the vivid scenography as well as the memorable music turn the work into a classic example of the Bulgarian performing arts from those years. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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