Film

1952: Ivan and Aleksandra

1989 · 1h 20m · Drama

IMDb

7.4

This grim Bulgarian drama explores the effects that the postwar Stalinist-led social reorganization of that country had upon the lives not only of those who suffered public denunciation, but upon those who were coerced into going along with those denunciations against their will, and especially upon the children. In the story, the schoolgirl Alexandra's father was a celebrated partisan who fought against the Nazis in World War Two. His prominence must have been considered a threat, because at the beginning of this film, he denounced and arrested. Not only that, but Alexandra (Monika Budjonova) has her cherished Young Pioneer (communist youth league) membership stripped from her. Her teachers have been forced to publicly humiliate her for being the daughter of an enemy of the state, and her friends, except for the inexplicably loyal Ivan (Kliment Corbadziev) have had to abandon her.

Kliment Chorbadzhiev

Ivan

Simeon Savov

Moni

Monika Budyonova

Aleksandra

Bashar Rahal

Cvetan

• Ivan NitchevDirector · Writer
• Georgi NikolovDirector of Photography

Release date

December 27, 1989

Status

Released

Original language

Bulgarian

Runtime

1h 20m

Genres

Drama