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MOVIE STUDIOS BOYANA

FIRST CREATIVE TEAM

"The parties gave Bulgaria's riches to the imperialists."

"Their criminal wars ruined the country. "

Dimitar Blagoev

KING FOR A DAY

Cast:

PURKO - TODOR KOLEV HIS WIFE - YORDANKA STEFANOVA TAXMAN - ITSKO FINTSI

PRIEST - STOYAN GARDEV MAYOR - NIKOLAY PASHOV MITO BOSIYA - IVAN GRIGOROV

screenplay NIKOLA STATKOV screenplay editor SVOBODA BACHVAROVA

production design KOSTADIN RUSAKOV music IVAN STAYKOV

sound MARGARITA MARINOVA costumes ROSITSA KAMBUROVA

editing EVGENIA TASEVA producer VALENTIN VALKOV

director of photography KRASIMIR KOSTOV

director NIKOLAY VOLEV

THE WAR HAS BEGUN. Serbs and Greeks attack.

WHO WILL WIN. What are Bulgaria's advantages.

GLORIOUS VICTORIES.

ANOTHER VICTORY

THE GREAT CATASTROPHE. Total defeat of the Serbs.

PEACE OR WAR? The fateful moments.

ALWAYS VICTORIOUS

BULGARIA IS UNDEFEATABLE.

THE MILITARY TRIUMPHS OF BULGARIA.

Oh, God! Sweet Mother of God, help me!

Come here!

I'll teach you!

Cigarettes, Bay Linko! - How many?

Daddy! Daddy!

It's twins, Dad!

Congratulations, Purko! - Congratulations!

You have to buy a round. - Keep your mouth shut!

May they grow healthy and strong. And let God watch over them!

Bay Linko! - Yes.

Give everybody what they want. And a box of lemonade for the kids.

Am I paying you to sit here?

Don't be like that! I'll do your field tomorrow.

Purko has just had twins.

Come have a drink.

You might just have a child, too.

Gee! Come on!

He's coming! He's coming.

He's on his way.

Come here! Start the march!

Purko's missing! - Where is he?

Where is Purko?

Faster! Where have you been? Start playing!

Welcome!

Please, this way!

Dear co-villagers!

Today our guest is Mr. Tokmakov. - Totmakov.

Sorry, Totmakov.

He is our member of parliament,

who will now unveil a monument and give a speech.

Please!

Dear ladies and gentlemen,

this monument has been erected by our party

as a symbol of the dear victims

that your small, but heroic village

has suffered for the sake of Bulgaria.

I have too risen from the ranks of the people

and I have been reared with your suffering.

That is why I solemnly declare that our party

will undertake drastic measures,

so that we can finally overcome the desperate situation you are in.

Because you are the ones that work and the ones that pay taxes

in order to sustain us - the rulers, the government, the army,

and even the king himself.

This means you are the masters and we are your servants.

The nation needs servants, not masters.

The taxman's coming!

Asparuh Kanchov! - Yes, sir!

Have you received your tax notices?

Why haven't you paid them?

A writ of execution has been issued against you for unpaid taxes.

And another one on behalf of Kuno Benov.

You borrowed money from him and did not pay back.

I'm taking your cow.

Bring it out!

Go away. Don't come close.

Purko! - Get off!

Purko!

Please, Purko!

Empty the house then.

You have a wife and kids, too. Put it off.

Don't do it, please! Give us some more time.

But if you don't pay by St. Demetrius', I'll take everything you have.

I'll strip you naked.

Bay Linko! - What is it?

Nothing, nothing.

Have you brought an egg? - No.

Do you want a drink? - No, not now.

Bay Linko, I was just... It's nothing much...

I'd like to start some kind of trade, if you would become my partner.

Who? - You.

What kind of trade? - Well...

The profit will be handsome, but I need you.

How much?

About 500 or 600 leva.

You have yourself a deal.

But you have to pay me back your old debts.

Are you praying for your debts, Purko?

Pray, child. Prayers help.

I need it badly, that's why.

What else can I do?

You don't need it.

I'll give it back when I get back on my feet.

What are you doing here?

Where did you get the money for the eggs?

Damn pestilence! - Button up a bit.

Do you know how much the price of eggs will rise?

The citizens have gone crazy drinking yolks.

The paper said that in America everybody's eating eggs.

Calm down! Whose turn is it? - 30 eggs.

Don't break the eggs! How many do you want?

Wait, please! How many do you want?

50 eggs! No problem.

Keep your calm. There is enough for everybody.

Here you are, sir!

Take it easy. Sir, please! - I just want 10 eggs.

Keep your calm. 100 eggs?!

Damn pestilence!

What? No!

Get out! Get out this minute!

Don't do that!

Don't you dare!

You're not coming out, are you?

You can't catch me. - Come here!

Come down you!

I'll burry you right here.

You devil!

May the beasts feast on you!

Stop playing madman and come down this minute!

Come on! Go!

Stop!

Stop!

Nice to meet you! Kerkenezov - certified engineer.

I am Purko. - That's a hard job in this heat.

Take that harness off!

What are you waiting for? Take off the harness!

You are scaring the donkey.

In America everybody works like this, with the help of motors.

Wait a minute. That's it!

Sit down!

Come on, sit!

No damage done.

Semiautomatic ragcutter.

I've patented it even in America.

I hardly manage producing them - 10 pieces sold just today.

One, two, three, a rag. Once more, more rags.

I produce traditional rag-carpets.

They sell like crazy in America. A joint-stock company!

Can I... - No, not this one.

I keep this one for demonstrations. Observe carefully!

Here is the rag.

Watch now! One and two.

The machine costs 500 leva and pays off within a month.

I buy up one ball of rags at 10 leva. 10 balls - 100 leva.

100 balls - 1000 leva.

And 1000 balls - that's a lot of money.

Rags you say? - Rags.

Daddy!

Here, daddy!

10 leva. - 20 leva.

Here, Dad!

Daddy!

50 leva. - That's my boy!

60 leva!

What's going on? - There's no more, Dad.

What do you mean? Look everywhere.

Everywhere!

You two don't.

There's nothing more.

Hey, Purko!

What is it, Kuno?

Pay me back by tomorrow night or I'll have your field and wheat sold.

Come on! Gee!

Faster!

Black Saanen dairy goat. Always has twins.

The miracle of nature!

The small elephant from Strandzha Mountain.

Saanen goat. Always has twins. - The miracle of nature!

The small elephant from Strandzha Mountain.

The miracle of nature!

The small elephant from Strandzha Mountain.

Black Saanen dairy goat. Always has twins.

The small elephant from Strandzha Mountain.

Black Saanen dairy goat.

The miracle of nature!

The small elephant from Strandzha Mountain.

The miracle... - Black Saanen...

Give me that for a moment, pal!

Can you... play?

Just give me that.

You play very well!

You should hear me play the "vlak-forn".

I play it by the notes.

Well, I play by ear.

How much for the goat? - 800 leva.

How much for the pig? - 1000 leva.

But this breed gets as big as an elephant.

Let it get that big first.

We're both musicians, right? I'll give you a discount.

It's nice to have appetite but yours is outstanding!

At this rate you'll get as big as an elephant

not by Christmas but by St. Demetrius in November.

What kind of a wonderful breed do you belong to?

Come out of there!

What is this pig? - It's not a pig.

This is the small elephant from Strandzha.

And where is the goat? - I traded it.

The pig ate the soap! - It ate the soap!

Come on! Where are you?

Who told Mito to toll the bell when by law only I have that right?

No one. It sounded not like squealing, but like thunder.

We'll see.

I'll look into it!

This can't be! - It's impossible.

Could the food be flowing out the rear?

Take it out for inspection. - Go in if you dare.

Go on!

I say we discontinue the inspection of the incident.

This animal may look like a pig,

but it's a suspicious character of a type unknown around here.

It is a pig. But it grows as big as an elephant.

Then feed it. Don't let it scare the village again.

I do feed it, Mayor. I promise.

Purko!

Purko!

What is it? What happened?

The egg came first.

And who laid it? - The hen.

So? - But where does the hen come from?

From an egg. - So?

But who laid that egg? - A hen? But where does it come from?

From an egg. But who laid it?

The hen. - So?

But where does it come from? - From an egg.

But who laid it? - The hen.

But where does it come from? - From an egg. But who laid that?

But where does the hen come from.

From an egg. But who laid that? - The hen.

But where does the hen come from? - From another hen.

Purko, you are an expert on eggs.

Which came first into the world - the egg or the hen?

First came the hen.

But where did it come from? - Well...

A hen might just fly in from anywhere.

An egg cannot.

Let's drink to that! - Cheers!

Where are you going? Who's paying?

Damned be that pig!

Disaster! The new member of parliament is coming tomorrow.

If you don't repair the foot, I will throw you out of the village.

It's coming! It's coming!

The carriage is coming.

It is coming.

Move aside!

Move aside!

Start playing!

Start already! Come on!

Purko's missing. - Where is he? Where?

Play the march!

Welcome, Mr. Totmakov! Mrs. Totmakova!

It's Tokmakov. - I'm sorry, Mr. Tokmakov. This way!

This way, please!

Dear co-villagers! Today our guest is Mr. Totmakov.

Tokmakov! - Mr. Tokmakov.

Our new member of parliament will unveil a monument and give a speech.

Please!

Congratulations!

Ladies and gentlemen,

our party erected this monument as a symbol of the dear victims

that your small, but heroic village has suffered for the sake of Bulgaria.

I have too risen from the ranks of the people

and was reared with your suffering,

so I most solemnly declare

that our party will undertake drastic measures,

so that we can overcome the desperate situation you are in

and finally end your suffering.

Because you are the ones that work and pay taxes

in order to support us - the rulers...

The government...

The army, and even the king himself.

The nation needs servants, not masters.

Purko.

The taxman is coming!

Don't do this!

Go away! Go hide somewhere!

Where is your husband? - He's not here.

Where is he? - Somewhere in the fields.

I'm sorry. Pardon me!

You are free to go.

Wait for me in the municipality.

I won't let him fool me any more. - He cannot fool you.

You are an educated man and my Purko is a plain person.

Does he believe he can avoid me? - Yes, sir. He is very trusting.

He is stupid. - Yes, he is.

If he were clever, he would be rich.

But he managed to lure a beautiful woman.

Only to suffer with him.

Are the children here? - No. Why?

I came for the cow, but now I wonder if I should.

Don't, Mr. Taxman. Wait a little more.

Don't, Mr. Taxman! - Let go.

Wait! I said wait! - Let me go.

Let go, I said. - Don't, Mr. Taxman!

Please, don't! Wait a little. - Come here.

Mr. Taxman!

Have you no shame?

Easy! You'll brake my glasses.

You are so pretty!

Just a little bit.

Only for a moment.

Mommy! Mommy! - Can't you see I'm pregnant?

Then I'm taking the cow.

Was that an earthquake?

The most severe one was in America, in San Francisco.

Hit it! Come on!

Get it! - Go round the other side.

Go! Faster! - Faster!

Get it! Hey!

Go get some back up!

I'll cut its head off!

I got it!

I'm coming! Here I am!

Stand aside!

Here, here, here!

This cow will be sold on auction.

What are you doing? You'll get in trouble, boy.

Listen, boy!

Boy, you... Attack him from the rear!

Not this rock!

From the other side. From the rear. Surround him!

Charge! Advance!

Disarm him!

Show him your courage!

Forward! Go forward! Go back!

Attack from the flanks.

Finish him off!

Where are you from?

From these parts. - I see.

Come here a moment. Come on! Don't be afraid.

Come, have a seat.

The lady is American. - Oh, yes!

What does she do here? - She is a shareholder.

In a company for emigration in America.

It helps people if they want to go there.

What do you mean if they want to go?

They pay and they leave. - Oh, yeah!

Do you have land? - Well... Yes!

And what about cattle?

Well then...

I wonder... How much will it cost?

Let's say 2000 leva.

And what if a person is, let's say, married to a woman.

And has 6 or 7 children?

For the wife - 2000 leva more. The children may travel for free.

Isn't that so, Mary? - Oh, yes!

Do you remember the name of the cafe?

Royal Cafe.

What is this? - Chewing gum. American.

Have some patience.

If we are in luck, this one will be born in America.

POPULAR BANK

Asparuh Kanchov? - That's me.

Sign this. - Here?

Remember, if you don't pay the money back to the bank in time,

you'll lose the field forever.

ROYAL CAFE

Pardon me!

Freeze! I recognized you. Crook!

Give me back my money! - He's confusing me with someone.

Hold him! He stole my money. - What money?

Wait, I'll get you! Hold him! My money.

My money!

Crook! Wait. Give me my money back!

HOTEL AMERICA

Welcome!

Where do you think you're going? Get out!

Please come in, sir!

Listen, sir. - Off you go!

You let that gentleman in. - Be off! Right away.

Please, come in!

Please!

Thank you, sir! Good bye! Please come back!

Pardon me! Excuse me, sir! - Good bye!

Good bye, sir!

Please!

Hello!

This way, please! Here.

This way!

Please!

Please, come in, sir!

Come in, don't be shy!

Where?

Come in! Please, pass! - Madam...

I'm looking for an American girl.

Come in, please!

She entered this building. - Yes, yes, of course!

Come in, please!

Is she here now, madam?

Who? - The American.

We have all kinds of girls.

But I want to see her.

Who? - The American.

I saw her come in. Could you call her?

Oh, the American girl. - That's right.

You should have said so.

Just a moment!

Hey! - Don't you...

Hello!

Are you going to bed?

I brought the money for America.

Oh, yes!

Oops!

Cheers! - Oh, yes!

I just...

Do you remember when we met by the river?

It was just the other day.

You two told me about America.

Where is the gentleman with the golden teeth?

We were talking about America.

Good morning!

What's going on? - Where is the lady?

Which one? - The American.

Don't worry. She said she'd call you.

Put on your clothes now. For the sake of decency. Please!

Here are your trousers. Please!

Like this!

She will certainly call you. Don't worry!

Come now, dear sir! Please, this way. Go on!

This way, please!

Come. This way.

Come on! Gee!

Bay Linko!

Excuse me, Asparuh, that we call you Purko.

But we cannot figure out what you are now.

I'm a human.

I'm a human being like before.

I mean, you have become a gentleman.

That is what gives us doubts and makes us ask.

I am a gentleman. Give everybody a drink!

Please, Mr. Kanchov! The first round is on me.

It can't be!

Come on, Bay Linko! Hurry! - That's right!

I have serious doubts about this.

Why worry? He is paying, isn't he? - You're right.

Cheers! - Cheers!

Hot kebapches. Please, have some!

You put too much bread in the mince. Be careful!

It's a lot.

Or you won't sell food in the pub. Isn't that right, Mr. Kanchov?

And what about the wine?

You dilute it with water all the year round.

And you think we don't feel the difference.

It's not true, Mr. Kanchov. That's pure grape wine.

I even sell it at a disadvantage.

What can I say, Bay Linko!

Cheers!

That's life for you!

Give us a speech! Give us a speech!

Dear co-villagers!

Today our dear guest is Mr. Kanchov.

He is our new member of parliament who will now give a speech.

Bravo! - We want a speech!

Dear...

Victims...

Our party...

Drastic measures!

The roads.

Taxes... The monuments...

The government...

And the soldiers.

Motherland Bulgaria.

The king.

The wine.

You are the masters.

The nation needs servants, not masters.

Is that you, Purko?

Kuno, you are looking for trouble.

And be more careful with the people that work for you.

Be careful in what respect?

Pay them regularly

and let them go home when the sun sets in the evening.

Wait! - Don't do this!

Battle has begun. Hearts are beating fast.

Here at arm's length are our enemies at last.

Courage's what we need now, courage's what we need.

We are slaves no more. Today we're breaking free.

Mr. Kanchov!

Mr. Kanchov, the day has broken.

Mr. Kanchov, the bill.

I haven't ordered anything.

It was you who... - What do you mean you didn't order?

You're dressed as a king, but you have no money!

Well, I don't.

You said you were a gentleman.

Take this off! Strip, I said!

I'll show you! Strip!