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The Swedish Kings is a film of genre Comedy directed by Lyudmil Kirkov with Kiril Gospodinov

The Swedish Kings (1968)

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Length 1h29
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Genres Comedy
Rating70% 3.5269453.5269453.5269453.5269453.526945

The Swedish Kings (Bulgarian: Шведските крале / Shvedskite krale) is a Bulgarian comedy film released in 1968, directed by Lyudmil Kirkov, starring Kiril Gospodinov, Tsvetana Maneva, Asen Georgiev, Evstati Stratev and Konstantin Kotsev.

The construction worker Spas decides to go to a holiday at a luxurious seaside resort where he can amuse himself as a Swedish king. Soon he realizes that he is a stranger in this world of modern hotels and flashy night clubs full of snobs and insincere people.

The Swedish Kings is the first hit movie in the career of Lyudmil Kirkov. It became one of the classic works of the Bulgarian cinematography from the 1960s.

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