

THE ETERNAL ENGINE
1986, Bulgarian. Directed by Evgeni Mihailov.
A portrait of Lilo Dushkov, an inventor from Teteven.
A portrait of Lilo Dushkov, an inventor from Teteven. For 40 years, he has been putting his mind and skill into his work, but he is always confronted by bureaucracy, technocrats and envy. The film does not answer the question of whether Lilo is a genius, but it defends the right of a gifted and thinking person to experiment.
- Runtime
- 0h 42m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Bulgarian
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- Released
- 11 January 1986
- Original title
- ВЕЧНИЯТ ДВИГАТЕЛ
- Written by
- Evgeni Mihailov, Nikolay Nenov
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THE ETERNAL ENGINE runs 42 minutes (0h 42m).
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Which OTT platform is THE ETERNAL ENGINE on?
THE ETERNAL ENGINE isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 11 January 1986. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
What movies are like THE ETERNAL ENGINE?
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Who directed THE ETERNAL ENGINE?
THE ETERNAL ENGINE (1986) was directed by Evgeni Mihailov and stars Lilo Dushkov.