The Tied Up Balloon
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58% Critic Match

The Tied Up Balloon

5.8 / 10 1967 1h 38mNR Bulgarian
ComedyDramaFantasy

Storyline

A barrage balloon appears unexpectedly over a Bulgarian village during World War II. The startled villagers decide to knock it down with a fusillade yet the balloon flies off to the mountains. The villagers, armed to their teeth, set off after it. But they are not alone in this undertaking...

Cast & Crew

Grigor Vachkov

Grigor Vachkov

Chovekat s pishtova

Lead
Georgi Kaloyanchev

Georgi Kaloyanchev

Peasant

Georgi Partsalev

Georgi Partsalev

Peasant

Ivan Bratanov

Ivan Bratanov

Peasant

Georgi Georgiev-Getz

Georgi Georgiev-Getz

Peasant

Konstantin Kisimov

Konstantin Kisimov

Slepiyat

Lyubomir Dimitrov

Lyubomir Dimitrov

Peasant

JM

Janet Miteva

Girl in white

What People Are Saying

3.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Binka Zhelyazkova's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. The Tied Up Balloon is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker