Geratzite
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Gaffer Yordan the Gerak is a wealthy farmer with a large family. The Geraks live in harmony as long as his wife is alive. After her death, disagreement and strife erupt among them. Two of the sons, Bozhan and Peter, demand the partition of their father's real estate. The third son, Pavel, who is doing his military service in the town, has become estranged from the land and from his family. When Pavel returns home only to ask money from his father, Gaffer Yordan discovers that he has been robbed. His sons trade accusations and come to blows. Pavel goes back to his mistress in the city. Elka, Pavel's wife, falls ill with a venereal disease she has contracted from his husband. On a dark and stormy night Elka is about to drown herself in the river when the Gerak's old farmhand takes her back home. Before long, Elka dies, as does Gaffer Yordan. Bozhan fells the centenarian pine tree in the yard of the family home, which symbolized the patriarchal ways of the Geraks.
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Cast
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Georgi Stamatov
Yordan Geraka
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Elin Pelin
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Ivan Baykov
Ana Manolova-Pipeva
Ivan Tonev
Petar
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Anton Marinovich Director · Hristo Santov Writer Elin Pelin Author
First release February 10, 1958 · Produced in Bulgaria · Production Boyana Film, Българска Кинематография
Production
Bulgarian Cinematographie
Production
Boyana Film
Production
Българска Кинематография
Production
Bulgaria
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Original title
Гераците
Original language
Bulgarian
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Bulgarian
Release dates
Bulgaria · February 10, 1958
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Russia
September 8, 1958
Russia
September 8, 1958 · Theatrical
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