Salto Mortale (2015)
"The back salto ruined my life. Maybe I should do a front one?" The story of phenomenal Bulgarian weightlifter Angel Guenchev's Olympics rise and subsequent fall from grace. Refusing to submit to the fate of a petty criminal in the post-1989 turmoil, he starts from scratch in search of redemption.
- Date of release
- 2015-01-03
- Runtime
- 1h 20m
- Genres
- Documentary, Drama
- Director
- Borislav Kolev
Casting
- Angel Guenchev — Himself
- Ivan Abadzhiev — Himself
- Norair Nurikiyan — Himself
- Plamen Asparuhov — Himself
- Nikola Mollov — Himself
- Hristo Meranzov — Himself
- Hristina Angelova — Herself
- Elenka Vyrbanova — Herself
- Dimityr Angelov — Himself
- Petyr Yordanov — Himself
- Zdravko Stoichkov — Himself
- Alan Cagaev — Himself
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