The Cultural Office of TU Dresden and the German-Bulgarian Association Dresden invite you to join a movie night and meet the director and protagonist of the musical documentary "Good morning, Captain" Georgie "Jacki" Stoev and the camera man Antoni Stoev.

Date: 17th May 2019, Friday, 7pm
Place: lecture hall GER/37/H at Gerber-Bau of TU Dresden, Bergstr. 53
Free admission

Good morning, Captain | Bulgaria 2016 | 62 minutes | Bulgarian with English subtitles | Documentary | Director: Georgi Stoev | Camera: Antoni Stoev

© Kugan / Georgi Jacki Stoev

In his last years at high school Gena is the front man of the rock band NON STOP. In the early 70s of the last century this is a legendary band in the Burgas region. Gena goes on to become a sailor and spends nearly ten years on ships in the world oceans. Then for 20 years he is the Port Master at Tsarevo Harbour. He is in the focus of attention and the moving spirit of any crowd. An endless feast. Merriment, song and dance non-stop. This is the reason for the extended title "The First Documentary Musical". Towards the end of the film Gena meets an old flame of his. They have not seen each other for more than 40 years. Joy. Hope. Balance of emotions. The viewer is likely to expect a syrupy Hollywood happy end. Now we are at the cancer ward of a hospital in Plovdiv. Two years before Gena has been diagnosed with a serious form of cancer. Undergoes an operation - without much hope. Then another. Dr. Georgiev told us: "This is a very serious illness. And if a patient succumbs ..."

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