Country of origin Bulgaria Running time 7.30 minutes approx. First episode date 27 June 1970 Program creator Donyo Donev Director Donyo Donev | Directed by Donyo Donev No. of episodes 11 (list of episodes) Original release 1970 – 1990 Final episode date 10 June 1990 Number of episodes 11 | |
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Genres Animation, Comedy, Short Film | ||
The three fools the intelligent village
The Three Fools (Bulgarian: Тримата глупаци / Trimata glupatsi) is a series of 11 short animated satiric films created and directed by the Bulgarian cartoonist Donyo Donev. The first episode was released in 1970 and the last one in 1990. The screenplays are written by Donyo Donev, Anastas Pavlov, Georgi Chavdarov, Dimo Bolyarov and Georgi Dumanov.
In the series are used the typical for Donev simplified lines, deformed speech and interjections as well as drum' and bagpipe' sounds.
Ever since first episode' release, the films obtained wide popularity and critical acclaim. Each episode alone won at least one international award.
In 1982, the satirical paper “The Three Fools”, named after the characters of the movie, was founded with Donyo Donev as editor-in-chief.