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Sled pozhara nad Rusiya Synopsis

After the civil war in Russia, the white guard officer Aleksey emigrates to Bulgaria. He earns his living as a boatman. Nataliya Noykova, the wife of a mining engineer, is on holiday in the town. She and her friends hire Aleksey's boat. He falls for Nataliya and follows her. Aleksey works as a miner under the supervision of a man nicknamed The Hunchback. He fancies Rositza, granddaughter of the engine-driver Old Ivan, and makes rude passes at her. Aleksey rushes to her help. The two men fight... The workers are enjoying themselves at the festival of the colliery. Nataliya and Aleksey arrange for their next date. The Hunchback spies them. He blackmails Nataliya threatening reveal her secret to her husband if she does not agree to go to bed with him. Disgusted at his proposal she hits him. Nataliya send a letter to Aleksey through Rositza. The girl goes down to the pit and hands it to him. The Hunchback comes. Aleksey decides to kill him. He chases him through the galleries: the fleeing supervisor trips over some explosives, which go off. The Hunchback dies while Aleksey is badly injured. In a hospital, Aleksey is delirious: he reviews "the fire over Russia"...

Vesela Bulgaria Synopsis

Boryo Zevzeka (the Wag) and Kokon Harizanov (the Dandy) are friends. They dream about carefree, luxury life but lack the necessary cash. They two devise a clever scheme: they tell Boryo's wife that they plan to buy and raise a special breed of duck that lays ten eggs a day. The greedy woman gives them the required sum of money. They go to sunbathing and swimming on the bank of the river where they are acquainted with two women. They flirt with them. Kokon buys a lottery ticket. Two days later, he wins the first lottery ticket. He collects the money and chases Boryo away. Offended, Boryo Zevzeka complains to journalists. The next day his photograph appears in the newspapers. The press presents him as the only politician capable of leading the country out of the government crisis. Kokon Harizanov offers him money, the two reconcile and the new Prime Minister entrust the Ministry of Delicate Affairs to him. The Ministry of Delicate Affairs sets up a school for good manners, which sets trends in fashion, determines the length of skirts, and guides clandestine flirting and infidelity. The Ministry of Public Welfare grants everyone a one-year leave. People are having a jolly good time. The festivities never end. Ballerinas perform exotic dances, an all-women jazz band plays, garlands, festoons and confetti fly in the air. Zevzeka disguises as Mephistopheles and Kokon - as Faust. Boryo flirts with an attractive woman whose escort challenges him to duel. Boryo comes out the winner and takes the beautiful woman in his arms... Al of a sudden she turns into a hen, which pecks his nose... It has all been a dream.