Manly Times

{{Infobox film | name = Мъжки времена Mazhki vremena (''Manly Times'') | image = Manly Times.jpg | caption = | director = Eduard Zahariev | writer = Nikolay Haytov | cinematography = Radoslav Spasov | starring = Grigor Vachkov Mariana Dimitrova Velko Kanev Pavel Popandov | music = Kiril Donchev | studio = SFF, a Film Unite Hemus<ref name="refFilmArchive"/> | released = {{Film date|1977}} | country = Bulgaria | runtime = 125 minutes | language = Bulgarian }}

'''''Manly Times''''' ({{langx|bg|Мъжки времена|translit=Mazhki vremena|italic=yes}}) is a Bulgarian drama film released in 1977, directed by Eduard Zahariev, starring Grigor Vachkov, Mariana Dimitrova, Velko Kanev and Pavel Popandov. The screenplay, written by Nikolay Haytov is based on the short stories ''Manly Times'' and ''Wedding'' from his book ''Wild Stories'' (1967).

In a colourful folklore manner, the movie presents an old tradition of stealing girls for brides that was a reputable occupation in the Rhodope Mountains region. The interaction between a brilliant literature and skilful directing as well as the memorable performances by Vachkov and Dimitrova received a broad critical acclaim and turned the film into one of the classics of the Bulgarian cinematography.<ref name="refFilmArchive">{{cite book|last=Gencheva|first=Galina|title=Bulgarian Feature Films encyclopedia|year=2008|publisher=Publishing house "Dr Ivan Bogorov"|location=Sofia|isbn=978-954-316-069-3}}</ref>

==Cast== *Grigor Vachkov as Banko (the stealing women expert) *Mariana Dimitrova as Elitsa (the stolen girl) *Velko Kanev as Velko (candidate husband) *Pavel Popandov as Dinko *Nikola Todev as Kara Kolyo *Teofil Badelov as Gelyo *Trayan Yankov as Ilcho *Georgi Dimitrov as Petko

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===Sources=== * {{cite book|last=Gencheva|first=Galina|title=Bulgarian Feature Films encyclopedia|year=2008|publisher=Publishing house "Dr Ivan Bogorov"|location=Sofia|isbn=978-954-316-069-3|ref=refFilmArchive}} * {{cite book|last=Kovachev|first=Pencho|title=50 Golden Bulgarian Films|year=2008|publisher=Publishing house "Zahariy Stoyanov"|location=Sofia|isbn=978-954-09-0281-4|ref=refGoldenFilms}}

==External links== * {{IMDb title|0177022|Manly Times}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20101214045532/http://bnt.bg/bg/movies/details/216/myjki_vremena ''Manly Times''] at the Bulgarian National Television {{in lang|bg}}

Category:1977 films Category:1970s historical drama films Category:Bulgarian historical drama films Category:1970s Bulgarian-language films Category:Films directed by Eduard Sachariev