On the Eve
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The story is set in the 1800s. Elena and Inzarov, a revolutionary Bulgarian, fall in love. After secretly marrying they decide to join the liberation, but on the eve of departure Dmitry dies. Elena takes Inzarov's body to the Balkans.
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Cast
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Lubomir Kabakchiyev
Insarov
Also in
Soldiers of Freedom
Morning Over the Motherland
Irina Milopolskaya
Yelena Stakhova
Aram Khachaturyan
Vladimir Petrov
Boris Livanov
Nikolaj Stakhov
Known for
October (Ten Days that Shook the World)
Ivan Turgenev
Vulo Radev
Olga Androvskaya
Anna Stakhova
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The Bear
Man in a Shell
Valeri Popov
Orlin Vasilyev
Vsevolod Safonov
Bersenyev
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Déjà vu
Levan Shengelia
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Vladimir Petrov Director · Orlin Vasilyev Writer Ivan Turgenev Author
First release December 21, 1959 · Produced in Bulgaria, Russia · Languages Bulgarian, Russian
Production
Boyana Film
Production
Mosfilm
Production
Bulgaria · Russia
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Накануне
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Bulgarian · Russian
Release dates
Bulgaria · December 21, 1959
Theatrical
Russia · December 30, 1959
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Germany
March 30, 1962
Hungary
January 5, 1961
Russia
December 30, 1959
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