Vasil Gendov

Writing•Born December 7, 1891•Died September 3, 1970 (age 78)•Sliven, Bulgaria

Biography

Vasil Gendov was a Bulgarian film and stage actor, film director and screenwriter. Gendov wrote, directed and had a starring role as an actor in the first feature-length film released in Bulgaria, the 1915 silent film comedy Bulgaran is Gallant. Gendov also produced Bulgaria's first sound film The Slave's Revolt in 1933.