The Barrier (1979 film)

The Barrier (Bulgarian: Бариерата, translit. Barierata) is a 1979 Bulgarian drama film directed by Christo Christov. It was entered into the 11th Moscow International Film Festival where it won the Silver Prize.^[1] The film was selected as the Bulgarian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 52nd Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.^[2]

The Barrier
Directed by	Christo Christov
Written by	Pavel Vezhinov
Produced by	Kiril S. Kirov
Starring	Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy
Cinematography	Atanas Tasev
Release dates	August 1979 (1979-08) (Moscow) 11 November 1979 (1979-11-11) (Bulgaria)
Running time	114 minutes
Country	Bulgaria
Language	Bulgarian

Cast

• Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy as Antoni Manev
• Vania Tzvetkova as Doroteya
• Yevgeniya Barakova as Saprugata
• Maria Dimcheva as D-r Yurukova
• Ivan Kondov as Sledovatelyat
• Roumiania Parvanova as Mashtehata

See also

• List of submissions to the 52nd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
• List of Bulgarian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film