The Past-Master

Баш Майсторът
(The Past-Master)
Directed byPetar B. Vasilev
Written byAtanas Mandadzhiev
StarringKiril Gospodinov
Yuriy Yakovlev
CinematographyKrum Krumov
Music byAtanas Kosev
Production
company
Release date
  • 1973 (1973)
Running time
65 min.
CountryBulgaria
LanguageBulgarian

The Past-Master (Bulgarian: Баш Майсторът, romanized: Bash Maystorat) is a Bulgarian satiric TV comedy film released in 1973, directed by Petar B. Vasilev. The movie turned the actor Kiril Gospodinov and his character Rangel Lelin - the past-master into one of the Trade Marks of the Bulgarian film art. The Past-Master became so popular that producers were made to consider sequels which eventually happened a decade later.

There are four more films released as sequels:

  • Bash Maystorat na More / The Past-Master at the Seaside (1977)
  • Bash Maystorat na Ekskurziya / The Past-Master on Excursion (1980)
  • Bash Maystorat Fermer / The Past-Master-Farmer (1981)
  • Bash Maystorat Nachalnik / The Past-Master - Boss (1983)