The Eighth

The Eighth is a Bulgarian adventure drama, based on the true story of a partisan unit’s formation and its heroic operations in the area of Stara Zagora. A group of anti-fascists return to Bulgaria, parachuting from a Soviet aircraft. Number Eight in the drop lands in the middle of a village, shoots his way out, escapes a series of ambushes and finally joins his buddies. Together with his contact, Vena, he goes to a secret appointment. The police are waiting for him at the rendezvous but, readily grasping the situation, he quick-wittedly pretends to be a plainclothes cop and 'arrests' his suspicious companion. A partisan unit soon starts operations in the neighbourhood, with The Eighth as its commander. The partisans are surrounded by troops but The Eighth leads them out of the encirclement. The charming Georgi Georgiev, one of the most successful Bulgarian actors, contributes a lot to the success of this Bulgarian Red Western.