Ahab Was Here: Reflections on Moby Dick (2025)

10.0/10 46 min Documentary

Overview

A Bulgarian theater company struggles to adapt Herman Melville's epic "Moby Dick" for the stage, revealing the obsessive dedication and creative challenges faced by cast and crew in their quest to bring an unfilmable masterpiece to life.

Cast

Diana Dobreva

Interviewee

Hristo Petkov

Interviewee

Vladimir Penev

Interviewee

Joreta Nikolova

Interviewee

Yavor Karagitliev

Interviewee

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