The Boy Who Was A King
- Logline
- Explores the strange history of Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha who became Bulgaria's tsar at age 6, then was exiled during years of communism and returned to be elected Prime Minister.
- Talent
- Boris Missirkov (Missirkov/Bogdanov)
- Role of participant
- Cinematographer
- Director
- Andrey Paounov
- Producer
- Martichka Bozhilova
- Screenwriter
- Andrey Paounov
- Status
- finished
- Year of production
- 2011
- Running time
- 90 min
- Genre
- Documentary (Creative)
- Countries of Production
- Bulgaria , Germany , Finland , Switzerland , United Kingdom
- Production Company
- AGITPROP, Zero One Film (Berlin), in co-production with Bayerischer Rundfunk (Germany), in association with Channel 4 (UK), YLE Co-productions (Finland), TSR (Switzerland)
Festivals and Awards
World premiere: Toronto IFF 2011
Festivals: The Times BFI London FF 2011, IDFA 2011, Triest 2012
Festivals: The Times BFI London FF 2011, IDFA 2011, Triest 2012