Yo Ho Ho (Bulgarian: Йо-хо-хо) is a 1981 Bulgarian drama film directed by Zako Heskiya and written by Valeri Petrov. It was entered into the 12th Moscow International Film Festival, where it won the Special Prize. It was remade as the 2006 film The Fall by Tarsem Singh is based on Yo Ho Ho.
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Plot
Leonid, a 10-year-old boy with a broken arm befriends a young, paraplegic actor in the hospital. They collaborate on a pirate story in which they play the main roles. The actor's room, also houses a poor old man. In the made-up story, he becomes the pirates' evil foe. Leonid is fascinated.
By degrees, every person in the hospital gets roles in the story. But in order for the story to continue, the boy has to steal bottles of medicine for the actor, who has lost his joy in life and plans to commit suicide. When Leonid falls down and hits his head when stealing a bottle, the actor realises that life has meaning as long as you have friends.
At the end of the story, as in reality, the two win out over their enemy.
Cast
Kiril Variyski as the Actor / the Black Pirate
Viktor Chouchkov as Leonid
Iliya Penev as Unpleasant Old Man / the Governor
Anani Anev as Gogo / Sitting Bull
Sonya Djulgerova as Nurse Ceci / Cicilly
Kirill Kavadarkov as Van Lun
Georgi Bakhchevanov as Rosko
Trifon Dzhonev as Luigi
Boris Lukanov as the Professor
Rut Spasova as Leonid's mother
Vasil Stoychev as the Actor's colleague