Itzhak Finzi
Acting
Biography
Itzhak Fintzi (also known as Itzko Fintzi), born on April 25, 1933, in Sofia, Bulgaria, is a distinguished Bulgarian actor whose career spans over seven decades in theatre, film, and radio. A graduate of the National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts in 1955, Fintzi is celebrated for his nuanced portrayals of everyday characters, often embodying the “Big Little Man”—a figure marked by dignity, modesty, and resilience amidst life’s adversities.
Born: April 25, 1933
Place of Birth: Sofia, Bulgaria
Known For
A Cricket in the Ear
Two young men decide to migrate to the big city. While on the road, they start considering the ways of life through the relationships in the society.
Dog's Home
A retired opera female singer terrorizes people and animals because of her love for a 20-year old boy (in the days of the Total Solar Eclipse 1999).
Migration of the Belted Bonito
The film tells the story of two neighbors in a small Bulgarian village and their two sons. Their families live poorly. The ways they earn their daily bread are quite unusual. The film gives a humorous, yet accurate diagnosis of present-day Bulgaria.
Indian Summer
The day that the financial clerk Metodi Rashkov is getting retired comes. He is a shy and quiet man and he accepts all tasks given to him by his son and daughter in law without argument. With time, he becomes a housekeeper; he shops, cooks and looks after his grandson. In order to save his face in front of his friends he lies to them and falls in a number of uncomfortable situations. The "Expolsion" becomes imminent. The reason is insignificant but with great consequences. Rashkov leaves his home. Soon the freedom which he wanted becomes boring for him. The abandoned family begins to miss the grandfather. At the end everyone sees their mistakes and is ready to fix them. The birth of a second grandson is the event which brings everyone under the same roof again.
King for a Day
This film is a comedy about a poor man named Purko. Purko always fails in his attempt to escape from poverty. The film illustrates the social and the moral atmosphere in Bulgaria during the 1930's.
End of the Song
A tragic love story set in the Rhodope mountains.
The Hare Census
The daily routine in the village of Yugla is broken by the statistician clerk Asenov, who comes with a mission to count the hare population in the locality. He makes the village mayor Bay Georgi mobilize the local men in realization of the absurd task. Same day all the village men are in the field - the mayor, the teacher, the veterinarian… Naturally all the efforts failed in fulfilling the mission since not a single hare was seen.
Stars
Stationed in a secluded Bulgarian village in 1943, Walter – a German Wehrmacht sergeant and artist – lives in almost idyllic distance from the war. Then a transit camp is set up for Jews arriving from Greece. When Ruth, one of the internees, asks Walter to help a pregnant woman, the two form an unlikely bond.
Villa Zone
A common Bulgarian family spends a warm afternoon in the fall in a country house. The preparations for a dinner party are in full swing. The formal reason is that the son enlists in the Army and the real reason is to arrange a match between him and the daughter of the boss. All the schemes are frustrated as it turns out that the boy has already married another girl. Both the hosts and the guests lose control, unleashing a consecution of tragic or comic situations.
The Time Is Ours
Writer Martin Sestrimsky and Secret Service agent Boyan Tilev got to know each other on the day when Martin gave Tilev a special dossier of grave consequences, which the writer has tried to surmount. With the ousting from power of Todor Zhivkov’s totalitarian regime, their relations take a new turn, when Tilev’s stepdaughter, Nevena, a mysterious young woman of double identity steps in. While Tilev is making a fortune from illicit deals, Sestrimsky, encouraged by Nevena, is doing his best to reconcile to his past. The truth of the two men’s shared past will come to light.
Filmography
as Славчо (като възрастен)
as Grandpa
as Sergei Rachmaninov
as Lucas
as Professor(as Itzhak Finzi)
as Inouk
as Rabbi Lebowicz
as Charlie Chaplin
as Timoshenko
as General Miloshevic
as Itzhak Finzi
as Staretza
as The doctor
as Rezhisyorat
as Glasat na ostareliya Todor (voice)
as Fotografat (Segment 1 & 2)
as The Painter
as Psychiatrist
as Sasho
as tax-collector
as Димитър Луков, чиновник
as Csontváry / Z the actor
as Street Painter
as Gosho
as Yonko
as The Docent
as the agent
as Asenov
as Sveshtenikat
as Dr. Penkov
as Tzvetarski
as The Commander
as Deli Mehmed
as The Inspector
as Jewish Man