Synopsis
A comedian and a sick boy know each other in the hospital. The man invented stories of pirates for the boy and incredibly he and the boy draw the strength to fight from those stories.
Synopsis
A comedian and a sick boy know each other in the hospital. The man invented stories of pirates for the boy and incredibly he and the boy draw the strength to fight from those stories.
Original Title | Yo ho ho |
Italian Title | Yo ho ho |
Category | Official Competition |
Section | Competition |
Tipology | Feature Film |
Duration | 98' |
Production Year | 1981 |
Nationality | Bulgaria |
Directed by | Zako Heskija |
Screenplay | Valeri Petrov |
Main cast | Kiril Variyski, Viktor Chouchkov, Iliya Penev |
ZAKO HESKIJA
Isaac Solomonov Heskiya, known as Zako Heskiya (21 September 1922) was a Bulgarian film director and screenwriter. He graduated Cinema and Photograph College in Sofia. Since 1956 until 1965, he had been an assistant director in Boyana Film Studio. His first own film was "Torrid Noon" (1965), based on the novel by Yordan Radichkov. Heskiya became in 1966 international audience for "Torrid Noon", the Bulgarian contribution to the Cannes Film Festival and a nomination for the Palme d'Or. Zako Heskiya fared better with his well-handled war stories The Eighth (1969), Three reservists (1971), and his two part Dawn over Drava (1972), which was the first Bulgarian war picture to be made as a super spectacle. In 1981, he won the special prize at the 12th Moscow International Film Festival for Yo Ho Ho, based on the script by Valeri Petrov.