Vasil Gendov, Bulgarian actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1970)
Vasil Gendov (Bulgarian: Васил Гендов; 24 November 1891 – 3 September 1970) was a Bulgarian film and stage actor, film director and screenwriter. Gendov wrote, directed and had a starring role as an actor in the first feature-length film released in Bulgaria; the 1915 silent film comedy Bulgaran is Gallant. Gendov also produced Bulgaria's first sound film The Slave's Revolt in 1933.
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