Manly Times

Manly Times (Bulgarian: Мъжки времена, romanized: Mazhki vremena) 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).

Мъжки времена Mazhki vremena (Manly Times)
Directed by	Eduard Zahariev
Written by	Nikolay Haytov
Starring	Grigor Vachkov Mariana Dimitrova Velko Kanev Pavel Popandov
Cinematography	Radoslav Spasov
Music by	Kiril Donchev
Production companies	SFF, a Film Unite Hemus[1]
Release date	1977 (1977)
Running time	125 minutes
Country	Bulgaria
Language	Bulgarian

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.^[1]

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