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Released
2018 · FILM

Simon vs. Fear

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Written by
Runtime
79 min
Documentary

Synopsis

He is a medical photographer, a water polo competitor, a romantic, a favorite of women. Overnight, he becomes a prisoner with his legs shot, an enemy of the regime, a victim of political police. This nightmare remained in the 1980's before the Berlin Wall's collapse. Now for Simon Varsano everything will re-erupt, along with a video from the Communist State Security archives. A meeting with the past and a clash again: Simon versus Fear. The clash of one person, photographer Simon Varsano, with the communist State Security system, told in a very personal way by director Georgi Tenev.

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Principal cast & crew: 11

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Craft leads on file

Edited by Elena SeimenovaShot by Georgi BogdanovScored by Ivo Spasov

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