The Swedish Kings

Шведските крале
Shvedskite krale
(The Swedish Kings)
Directed byLyudmil Kirkov
Written byNikolay Nikiforov
StarringKiril Gospodinov
Tsvetana Maneva
Asen Georgiev
Evstati Stratev
Konstantin Kotsev
CinematographyAtanas Tasev
Music byBoris Karadimchev
Production
companies
Release date
  • 1968 (1968)
Running time
89 minutes
CountryBulgaria
LanguageBulgarian

The Swedish Kings (Bulgarian: Шведските крале, romanizedShvedskite krale) is a Bulgarian comedy film released in 1968, directed by Lyudmil Kirkov, starring Kiril Gospodinov, Tsvetana Maneva, Asen Georgiev, Evstati Stratev and Konstantin Kotsev.

The construction worker Spas decides to go to a holiday at a luxurious seaside resort where he can amuse himself as a Swedish king. Soon he realizes that he is a stranger in this world of modern hotels and flashy night clubs full of snobs and insincere people.

The Swedish Kings is the first hit movie in the career of Lyudmil Kirkov. It became one of the classic works of the Bulgarian cinematography from the 1960s.