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What's in a game? For a young man, who has left his country behind, lost his memory and forgotten his love, the game might be the only way out. This is a story about a Bulgarian boy who grows up to be a German man. After a car accident Alex can't remember even what his name is. In an attempt to cure him from amnesia, his grandfather Bai Dan comes over to Germany and organizes a spiritual journey for his grandson back into his past, to the country where he came from. In changing places, time and transport, crossing half Europe, they play backgammon, the simplest, and yet the most complex of all games. That game leads Alex to the realizations of who he is, and that game is symbolic to the story. Destiny is the dice we hold in our own hands and life is a game on the edge between chance and skill.
Original Release
03/14/2008
US Release
03/14/2008
Cast
Name | Character |
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Predrag 'Miki' Manojlovic | Bai Dan |
Carlo Ljubek | Alex 'Sashko' Georgiev / Alexander 'Sashko' Georgiev |
Hristo Mutafchiev | Vasil 'Vasko' Georgiev |
Ana Papadopulu | Yana Georgieva |
Lyudmila Cheshmedzhieva | Baba Sladka |
Nikolai Urumov | State Security Agent |
Blagovest Mutafchiev | Alex as a child / Alexander 'Sashko' Georgiev as child |
Vasil Vasilev-Zueka | Ivo Chikagoto |
Dorka Gryllus | Maria |
Heinz-Josef Braun | Dr. Schreiber |
Directors
Writers
Stephan Komandarev, Yurii Dachev, Dusan Milic, Ilija Trojanow
Cast
Name | Character |
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Predrag 'Miki' Manojlovic | Bai Dan |
Carlo Ljubek | Alex 'Sashko' Georgiev / Alexander 'Sashko' Georgiev |
Hristo Mutafchiev | Vasil 'Vasko' Georgiev |
Ana Papadopulu | Yana Georgieva |
Lyudmila Cheshmedzhieva | Baba Sladka |
Nikolai Urumov | State Security Agent |
Blagovest Mutafchiev | Alex as a child / Alexander 'Sashko' Georgiev as child |
Vasil Vasilev-Zueka | Ivo Chikagoto |
Dorka Gryllus | Maria |
Heinz-Josef Braun | Dr. Schreiber |
Erden Alkan | Turk |
Pavel Popandov | Cafe owner |
Georgi Kadurin | Sforza |
Stefan Valdobrev | Stoyan |
Alexander Doynov | Backgammon player |
Dobrin Dosev | Smuggler |
Forgó Anna Napsugár | Marta |
Anita Révész | Marta's Mother |
Corinna Waldbauer | Hospital Nurse |
Jana Thies | Nurse #2 |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Vladimir Andreev | Producer |
Georgi Balkanski | Producer |
Karl Baumgartner | Producer |
Danijel Hocevar | Producer |
Thanassis Karathanos | Producer |
Stefan Kitanov | Producer |
András Muhi | Producer |