---
title: 'Tobacco (1962)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Nikola Korabov'
released: '1962-11-05'
runtime_minutes: 150
genres:
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'People''s Republic of Bulgaria'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/tobacco-1962'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0173374/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Tobacco (1962)

1962 · 150 min · History · People's Republic of Bulgaria

Original title: Тютюн

## Synopsis

Tobacco is a 1962 Bulgarian drama film written and directed by Nikola Korabov, and based on Dimitar Dimov's 1951 novel of the same name. The film deals with the conflicts and contradictions in Bulgarian society during a period stretching from the early thirties to the end of World War II, and stars Nevena Kokanova as Irina, an aspiring medicine student, and Yordan Matev as Boris, an ambitious man from a working class background. It was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 1963 Cannes Film Festival.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Nikola Korabov](https://cinepixo.com/people/nikola-korabov)
- **Screenplay:** [Dimitar Dimov](https://cinepixo.com/people/dimitar-dimov)
- **Director of Photography:** [Vulo Radev](https://cinepixo.com/people/vulo-radev)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Vassil Kazandjiev](https://cinepixo.com/people/vassil-kazandjiev)

## Cast

- [Yordan Matev](https://cinepixo.com/people/yordan-matev)
- [Miroslava Stoyanova](https://cinepixo.com/people/miroslava-stoyanova)
- [Ivan Kasabov](https://cinepixo.com/people/ivan-kasabov)
- [Grigor Vachkov](https://cinepixo.com/people/grigor-vachkov)
- [Peter Slabakov](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-slabakov)
- [Wolfgang Langhoff](https://cinepixo.com/people/wolfgang-langhoff)
- [Nevena Kokanova](https://cinepixo.com/people/nevena-kokanova)

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