On the 9th of March the cinema Lumière screened the film Bulgarian Rhapsody. The film was screened to commemorate the "Day of the rescue of Bulgarian Jews". which has been celebrated since 2003.
The evening was opened by yordanka Chobanova, Bulgarian Ambassador in Slovakia together with the Israeli ambassador as a co-production.
The story is unfolds during the summer of 1943 in the Great Bulgaria, where local Jewish residents must undergo the law of the Third Reich. Two friends Moni and Zozo meet with seventeen Sheli and they both fell in love with her. Their friendship is put to the test against the background of the ongoing Second World War.
The film tells a story of young Jewish friends whose destiny is changing by the young love and hard living period during World War II. This film, however, reflected in the context of the celebration of the rescue of Bulgarian Jews, because the Bulgarian Orthodox Church was the only religious institution during World War II on the territory controlled by the Nazi Germans who openly and officially helped the Jews.
Through the efforts of the representatives of the Orthodox Church and the Bulgarian nation during World War II they saved up to 48,000 Jewish citizens of Bulgaria from being send to German extermination camps.
Director: Ivan Ničev
Starring Taťana Lolova, Moni Moson, Anžela Nedjalkova, Kristian Makarov, Stefan Popov, Dimitar Račkov, Alex Anski, Vasil Michajlov and others.
The organizers of this event are the Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria, Embassy of Israel in Slovakia and Cinema Lumiere.