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

Hristo Petkov

Vladimir Penev

Joreta Nikolova

Yavor Karagitliev

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