Hristo Ganev

Birth : 1924-08-02, Pavel banya, Kazanlak, Bulgaria

Death : 2021-09-25

History

Hristo Ganev is a Bulgarian writer and film director. He was a member of the partisan unit "Chavdar" and took active participation in the antifascist resistance during WWII. He wrote the scripts for The Swimming Pool (1977), The Big Night Bathe (1980), and On the Roofs at Night (1988), directed by his wife Binka Zhelyazkova; as well as the scripts for a lot of short animated films. He directed a documentary on the Algerian independence titled Holiday for Hope(1963) and co-directed Life Quietly Moves On...(1957) with his wife.

Movies

All So Much Hogwash
All So Much Hogwash
Writer
Hristo Ganev's script is about the senseless war, the love that gives birth to the child of the wounded soldier and the nurse at the front...
Lyubov s prevalyavaniya
Lyubov s prevalyavaniya
Writer
An animated film by Andrey Kulev and Asya Kovanova
Zaches
Zaches
Writer
The film is a romantic comedy, inspired by the fairy-tale atmosphere of the Hofmann fantasies.
On the Roofs at Night
On the Roofs at Night
Writer
1987 Bulgarian 2-part television feature film (drama) directed by Binka Zhelyazkova
The Great Night Swim
The Great Night Swim
Writer
Friends of different generations, practicing different professions, spend together their summer holidays at the seaside every year. It is sunny; they look carefree and happy. They know each other very well, they are used to each other. To such an extent, that bore becomes inevitable. It is boredom that incites them to play a dangerous game. The end is dramatic: a young boy gets killed. It is the moment to draw the bottom line. The question is: Isn't the death of the spirit worse than of the body?
The Swimming Pool
The Swimming Pool
Writer
Apostol, an architect on this side of forty, meets by chance Bella at a swimming pool on the night of her graduation party.
The Devil in the Church
The Devil in the Church
Writer
A young modern woman goes to church and all hell breaks loose.
Jesse James vs. Lokum Shekerov
Jesse James vs. Lokum Shekerov
American filmmakers associated with the mafia are concerned about the great success of Bulgarian films around the world. They decided to send a big spy, Jesse James, to Bulgaria. His task is to blow up the film studios. But the Bulgarian inspector Lokum Shekerov is at his post.
A Celebration of Hope
A Celebration of Hope
Writer
A film poem in four parts following the first four days after Algeria's independence in 1962. Footage of the nationwide celebrations is intercut with footage shot among the fighters of the Algerian Army of National Liberation, refugees exiled to the mountains of Tunisia and Morocco, and ordinary people from the towns and villages of Algeria.
A Celebration of Hope
A Celebration of Hope
Director
A film poem in four parts following the first four days after Algeria's independence in 1962. Footage of the nationwide celebrations is intercut with footage shot among the fighters of the Algerian Army of National Liberation, refugees exiled to the mountains of Tunisia and Morocco, and ordinary people from the towns and villages of Algeria.
We Were Young
We Were Young
Writer
During Second World War a beautiful love between two young people burns out against the background of the Nazi reality.
Life Quietly Moves On...
Life Quietly Moves On...
Writer
The fortunes of a group of partisans after the triumph of the socialist revolution.
Life Quietly Moves On...
Life Quietly Moves On...
Director
The fortunes of a group of partisans after the triumph of the socialist revolution.
Two Victories
Two Victories
Writer
The weaknesses and shortcomings in the work of some leaders in the years of the building of socialism are ridiculed.
Song of Man
Song of Man
Writer
Scenes from the life and revolutionary activity of poet Nikola Vaptzarov are shown against the background of political life in Bulgaria on the eve of World War II.