Dimitar Manchev

{{short description|Bulgarian stage and film actor}}

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| name = Dimitar Manchev
Димитър Манчев

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1934|07|17}}

| birth_place = Sofia, Bulgaria

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2009|01|14|1934|07|17}}

| death_place = Sofia, Bulgaria

| occupation = Film and Theatre Actor

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| yearsactive = 1959–2008

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Dimitar Manchev ({{langx|bg|Димитър Манчев}}) was a Bulgarian stage and film actor born in 1934, deceased in 2009.

Career and Legacy

He is best known for the colourful character of Mitashki he portrayed in the Bulgarian hit movie from the 1980s A Nameless Band. He is also known for the numerous roles on the stage, most notably as Kovadzhik in The Pig tails by Jaroslav Dietl, Shtatala in Tarelkin' death by Aleksandr Sukhovo-Kobylin, Mr. Fratyu in Uncles by Ivan Vazov and Orgon in Tartuffe by Molière.{{in lang|bg}} [http://www.teatri.bg/news.php?newsid=342 Dimitar Manchev at teatri.bg]

Selected filmography

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
rowspan="2" style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year

! colspan="3" style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Film

! rowspan="2" style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Role

! rowspan="2" style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Notes

style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Bulgarian title

! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Transliteration

! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | English title

rowspan="1" | 1966

| Горещо пладне

| Goreshto pladne

| Torrid Noon

|

| director: Zako Heskiya

rowspan="1" | 1966

| Понеделник сутрин

| Ponedelnik sutrin

| Monday Morning

|

| because of the communist censorship it was released in 1988

rowspan="1" | 1968

| Последният войвода

| Posledniyat voyvoda

| The Last Voivode

|

|

rowspan="1" | 1971

| Герловска история

| Gerlovska istoriya

| Gerlovo Event

| Semkata

| director: Grisha Ostrovski

rowspan="1" | 1973

| Най-добрият човек, когото познавам

| Nay - dobriyat chovek, kogoto poznavam

| The Kindest Person I Know

| Georgi Nedelchev

|

rowspan="1" | 1978

| Топло

| Toplo

| Warmth

|

|

rowspan="1" | 1979

| Роялът

| Royalat

| The Grand Piano

|

|

rowspan="1" | 1981

| Непълнолетие

| Nepalnoletie

| Infancy

| bay Sotir (Lena' uncle)

|

rowspan="1" | 1982

| Оркестър без име

| Orkestar bez ime

| A Nameless Band

| Mitashki

| director: Lyudmil Kirkov

rowspan="1" | 1986

| 19 метра вятър

| 19 metra vyatar

| Nineteen Metres of Wind

| Ginyo

|

References

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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}}