Phenomenon

Story

Synopsis

A portrait of Baba Vanga, born Vangeliya Pandeva Dimitrova, a blind Bulgarian prophet, mystic, clairvoyant, and herbalist. Millions of people believed she possessed paranormal abilities.The first part of the documentary portrait of the prophet Baba Vanga not only as a mysterious supernatural figure, but as a living and immediate person. The second part follows the discussion between prominent Bulgarian scientists and intellectuals who, with few exceptions, completely reject Vanga's abilities and advise the film to be reworked with a view to a materialistic understanding of man. The two parts contrast Vanga, the crowds of visitors to her home and the stiffened way of thinking of the representatives of science in Bulgaria in those years. Forbidden to the general public after its first screening.

Director

Nevena Tosheva

Writers

Baba Vanga, Nikola Shipkovenski

Language

Bulgarian

Country

Bulgaria

Release date

24 April 1977

Ensemble

Cast

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  Baba Vanga

• Nikola Shipkovenski

• Lilyan Ganchev

• Sasho Bozhinov

• Ivan Temkov

• Georgi Lozanov