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Dako Dakovski

Biography

Dako Georgiev Dakovski was born on August 7th, 1919 in the village of Tyrnak, near Lovech. One of the first of many graduates of the Moscow Film School, Dakovski contributed to the birth of the Bulgarian national film industry, beginning with an adaptation of Ivan Vazov classic national novel Pod Igoto (Under the Yoke), 1952, and continuing with a series of films about contemporary issues, especially those involving peasant life: Nes­pokoen Pat (The Troubled Road), 1955, and Taynata Vecherya Na Sedmatsite (The Secret Supper of the Sedmaks), 1957.*

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Filmography - As a Director:

1. Kaloqn (1963)
1197. King Kaloyan ascends the throne in hard times for Bulgaria.... [more]
2. Stublenskite lipi (1960)
3. Tainata vecherq na sedmacite (1957)
4. Nespokoen pyt (1955)
The comparatively comfortable peasant Mito reluctantly parts with... [more]
5. Pod igoto (1952)
The tranquility in a Bulgarian village under the Ottoman yoke is ... [more]
Filmography - As a Writer:

1. Kaloqn (1963)
1197. King Kaloyan ascends the throne in hard times for Bulgaria.... [more]
Filmography - As an Actor:

1. Geroite na Shipka (1955) ... Sultan Abdul Hamid
The film focuses on a key event in the history of Bulgaria - the ... [more]

Information

Born: 8/7/1919, Tyrnak, Lovech
Died: //1962, Sofia
Active Period: 1952 - 1963

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