The Barrier

5.4 (11 votes)• 1979• 103m•Released

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In this picture, the barrier epitomizes the line between reality and dreams, the pattern of harmony and happiness. The delicate, pretty, sensitive Dorotea and the sedate middle-aged composer Antoni meet by chance. He gives her shelter in his house. Famous composer falls under the spell of young Dorothea: A pretty, thin-skinned, though quite an eccentric girl.

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Languages: Bulgarian

Director: Christo Christov

Starring Cast: Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy, Vania Tzvetkova, Evgeniya Barakova, Maria Dimcheva, Ivan Kondov, Rumyana Parvanova

Cast

Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy

Antoni Manev

Vania Tzvetkova

Doroteya

Evgeniya Barakova

Saprugata

Maria Dimcheva

Dr. Yurukova

Ivan Kondov

Sledovatelyat

Rumyana Parvanova

Mashtehata

Georgi Stoyanov

Dora Staeva

Panaiot Janev

Dimitar Georgiev

Konstantza Kirova

Lyubomir Bachvarov

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