| Преброяване на Дивите Зайци Prebroyavane na Divite Zaytsi (The Hare Census) | |
| Director: | Eduard Zahariev |
| Cinematography: | Venets Dimitrov |
| Starring: | Itzhak Fintzi Nikola Todev Georgi Rusev Todor Kolev Evstati Stratev |
| Music: | Kiril Donchev |
| Studio: | SFF, a Film Unite Mladost |
| Country: | Bulgaria |
| Runtime: | 69 minutes |
| Language: | Bulgarian |
The Hare Census (Bulgarian: Преброяване на дивите зайци|translit=Prebroyavane na Divite Zaytsi|italic=yes) is a Bulgarian satiric comedy film released in 1973, directed by Eduard Zahariev, starring Itzhak Fintzi, Nikola Todev, Georgi Rusev, Evstati Stratev, Philip Trifonov and Todor Kolev.
Although the film features one of the most remarkable Bulgarian actors, the biting satire of nonsensical activity made the authority keep the film away from the widespread presentation during the totalitarian system in Bulgaria. In the 1990s, after the advent of democracy, the film came into broad view and became an eminent badge for the Bulgarian Film Art from those years.
The daily routine in the village of Yugla is shaken by the statistician clerk Asenov (Fintzi) who come with a mission to take the census of the hares in the locality. He makes the village mayor Bay Georgi (Todev) mobilize the local men in realization of the absurd task. On the very day all the village men are in the field. The mayor, the teacher, the veterinarian... even an old man joinsthe group.
Naturally all the efforts failed in fulfilling the mission since not a single hare came into sight. The undertaking ends with an open area banquet, with a grape brandy, and wine under a tree. The last episode presents Asenov leaving the village with his small noisy Russian car loaded to the top with fresh cabbage.
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Working title: Well-dressed Men [1]
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Filmed: 1973; Premiere: 30.November.1973 [1]
The film was released on DVD in 2000s.
A reported 372,813 admissions were recorded for the film in cinemas throughout Bulgaria in the 70s.[2]
The film was subsumed among the 50 golden Bulgarian films in the book by the journalist Pencho Kovachev. The book was published in 2008 by "Zahariy Stoyanov" publishing house.
There were the following publications:
FBFF Varna'73 (Festival for Bulgarian Featured Films)[3]
Locarno Film Festival'74 (Swiss)[3]