The Wanderer in Bulgar

Infobox Film
name = The Wanderer in Bulgar

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caption = The screenshot of "The Wanderer in Bulgar".
director = Vladislav Chebitarev
producer =
writer = Vladislav Chebitirev
starring = Venera Ganieva
Alfred Kamilevsky
Damir Siraciev
Tatar Academic Opera and Ballet Theater Artists
music = Räşid Kalimullin
cinematography = Mönir Zalyuşev
distributor =
released = 1989
runtime = 30 min.
country = flagicon|USSR USSR
language = Tatar
budget =
imdb_id =

"The Wanderer in Bulgar" aka "The Minstrel in Bulgar" ( _tt. Ил Гизүче Болгарда|İl Gizüçe Bolğarda) is a 30 minutes Tatar rock opera written and directed by Vladislav Chebitarev, music by Räşid Kalimullin based on İldar Yüziev's libretto for classical opera Cuckoo's Cry [Personal web-site of Räşid Kalimullin, "Work" section. http://www.rashidkalimullin.ru/work/work.htm] [Räşid Kalimullin on "Sofia Gubaidulina Centre of Contemporary Music. http://www.muscentre.org/cgi-bin/get.pl?id=10"] . It was filmed in Kazan Television Studio under Gosteleradio of USSR.

Plot

A group of youngsters visits historical ruins of the Bulgar city, the sacred place of their ancestors. While climbing up and down the ruined towers and minarets "The Wanderer" begins to see some flashbacks, symbolizing the return to the roots and historical identity. So the journey back to the past and up to the nowadays begins, his every step followed by different musical illustration.

Cast

Main Characters

*Venera Ganieva,
*Damir Siraciev as guest,
*Alfred Kamilevsky,

Others

Tatar Academic Opera and Ballet Theater Artists:
*Vladimir Yakovlev,
*Marat Gimatutdinov,
*Igor Zhukov,
*Konstantin Zakharov,
*Alexander Barmin,
*Anatoly Petrov,
*Ramil Gafiatullin,
*Ruald Sidayev,
*Ruslan Butayev,
*Ilya Migachev,
*Nadejda Magdeyeva,
*Farida Galeyeva,

*Dinara Bikbova,
*Kamil Kamalov,
*Kamil Fäyzrahmanov,
*Dmitry Pivovarov,
*Dmitry Rytov,
*Alfia Chebotareva,
*Zinaida Yakovleva,

Vokals by:

*Venera Ganieva,
*Zölfät Xakim
*Damir Siraciev as the guest
*Rafael Sähäbiev
*Rawil İdrisov
*Räşid Kalimullin

Music Performed by:

*ZMC (Zapiski Mertvogo Cheloveka)
*Alexander Ivanov's Band

Choreography by:

*Vladimir Yakovlev

References and notes

External links

* [http://www.tatforum.info/forum/index.php?act=Print&client=printer&f=19&t=3570]