Gentlemen for a Day

Gentlemen for a Day
DVD cover for the Gentlemen for a Day
Bulgarian	Господин за един ден
Directed by	Nikolay Volev
Written by	Nikola Statkov
Based on	Gentlemen for a Day by Nikola Statkov
Produced by	Todor Kolev Svoboda Bachvarova
Starring	Todor Kolev Itzhak Fintzi Yordanka Stefanova Stoyan Gadev Ivan Grigorov
Cinematography	Krasimir Kostov
Edited by	Evgenia Taseva
Music by	Ivan Staykov
Production companies	Bulgarian Cinematography Studios for feature films „Boyana“
Distributed by	Bulgarian cinematography
Release date	16 May 1983 (1983-05-16)
Running time	87 minutes
Country	Bulgaria
Language	Bulgarian

Gentlemen for a Day (Bulgarian: Господин за един ден, romanized: Gospodin za edin den) is a Bulgarian comedy-drama film released in 1983, directed by Nikolay Volev, starring Todor Kolev and Itzhak Fintzi. The screenplay is written by Nikola Statkov based on his short stories “The Outlander” and “The Mister”.

The main character Purko (Todor Kolev) is a poor peasant with many children, constantly starting extravagant initiatives to get out of poverty during the hard times between the two world wars. The only consolation he finds in the music with his clarinet and his inborn musical talent until one day he meets an elegant couple from a town. They promise him prosperity if he mortgages his house and invests the money in their business.

This is the second out of three super hit films, featuring Todor Kolev in the leading role, released during the 1980s. The others are The Double (1980) directed also by Nikolay Volev and Dangerous Charm (1984) directed by Ivan Andonov. The performance by Kolev, with a reference to the great comedians of the silent cinema,^[1] received a broad critical acclaim.