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Boris Missirkov (Missirkov/Bogdanov)

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)
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Festivals and Awards

World premiere: Toronto IFF 2011
Festivals: The Times BFI London FF 2011, IDFA 2011, Triest 2012

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