Angel Wagenstein
After graduating screenplay writing in Moscow, he has been working as a screenplay writer for the Bulgarian Cinematography Center and for the DEFA Film Studio (the former East Germany Cinematography Center). He is author of over fifty screenplays for films, documentaries and cartoons. He became famous with his movies about the Bulgarian Communist, especially guerrillas.
His film Stars, shot in 1959 by the German director Konrad Wolf, was awarded the Special Prize of the Jury at the Cannes Film Festival. He was also director of the Wittgenstein House in Vienna, Austria.
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Filmography - As a Writer:
Drama
| Year | Movie |
|---|---|
| 1998 |
Sled kraq na svetaDuring a trip to his Bulgarian roots, Professor Albert ... [more] |
| 1986 |
Myglivi bregoveSet in 1921 when ships carrying the survivors of Wrange... [more] |
| 1985 |
Boris IThe picture features the life and deeds of Boris I - st... [more] |
| 1980 |
Koncert za fleita i momiche |
| 1977 |
Zvezdi v kosite, sylzi v ochiteThis is a film about a traveling theatrical group in th... [more] |
| 1976 |
Dopylnenie kym zakona za zashtita na dyrjavataIn September 1923 a "red" uprising in Bulgaria is crush... [more] |
| 1970 |
EzopDescribes the life of the great Greek philosopher and w... [more] |
| 1964 |
VerigataVassil Popiliev plays a young communist who is captured... [more] |
| 1962 |
Dvama pod nebeto |
| 1959 |
ZvezdiA detachment of Nazi soldiers escorting Greek Jews to t... [more] |
| 1958 |
Rebro adamovoA contemporary theme on equal rights for woman, it trea... [more] |
| 1958 |
Zakonyt na moreto |
| 1954 |
SeptemvriiciThe film is dedicated to the uprising, which broke out ... [more] |
| 1951 |
TrevogaThe action takes place in the last years of the Second ... [more] |