Begun in 1990, this film documents the difficult revelation of truth concerning the Lovec death camp. It includes interviews with prisoners, guards, and government workers, including one-time General Secretary of the Bulgarian Communist Party, Todor Zizkov. For a period of 155 days in 1961, there were 127 deaths assigned to clearly false causes…Secret police officers and investigators who worked in Lovec remember nothing when questioned and only claims and counterclaims were recorded before the judge.
Anna Petkova graduated from the Bulgarian Higher Institute of Theatrical Art and Cinematography, and currently teaches there. She worked from 1978 to 1990 for Bulgarian TV and began her documentary career with: The Break Through, The Taliman Women, Our Children, The Consideration and The Trial.Her feature film debut How Long I Waited for You – won First Prize at the 1984 Varna festival and 1985 the Pier Paolo Pasolini Special Prize.
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