Vasil Gendov

Vasil Gendov
Vasil Gendov
Born	Vasil Dimov Hadzhigendov (Васил Димов Хаджигендов); 24 November 1891; Sliven, Bulgaria
Died	3 September 1970 (aged 78); Sofia, Bulgaria
Other names	Vassil Gendov
Occupation(s)	Actor, film director, screenwriter
Years active	1910–1937
Spouse	Ivana Ivanova "Zhana" Gendova

Vasil Gendov (Bulgarian: Васил Гендов. Born Vasil Dimov Hadzhigendov (Bulgarian: Васил Димов Хаджигендов); 24 November 1891 – 3 September 1970) 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.^[1] Gendov also produced Bulgaria's first sound film The Slave's Revolt in 1933.^[2]

^ Kardzhilov, Peter (1987). Bulgarian Feature Films - An Annotated Illustrated Filmography - Volume I (1915 - 1948) (in Bulgarian and English). Sofia: Dr. Peter Beron State Publishing House. pp. 62–63.
^ Detrez, Raymond (2014). Historical Dictionary of Bulgaria. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 127. ISBN 978-1-44-224180-0

[feature-1] Kardzhilov, Peter (1987). Bulgarian Feature Films - An Annotated Illustrated Filmography - Volume I (1915 - 1948) (in Bulgarian and English). Sofia: Dr. Peter Beron State Publishing House. pp. 62–63.

[2] Detrez, Raymond (2014). Historical Dictionary of Bulgaria. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 127. ISBN 978-1-44-224180-0

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