Kaloyan (1963)

8.8/10 101 min History

Overview

1197. King Kaloyan ascends the throne in hard times for Bulgaria. The country is still recovering from a century of Byzantine subjugation. He is forced to carry out a very flexible foreign policy in order to strength his positions. Pope Innocent III recognizes him as Emperor (Tsar), but a little later the fourth Crusade crosses the country under Emperor Baldwin. A new conflict is coming. Tsar Kaloyan wages the decisive battle at Adrianople and wins.

Cast

Bogomil Simeonov

Milat

Tzvetana Maneva

Denitza

Ivan Stefanov

Ugay

Ivan Tonev

Dobrilo

Lyubomir Dimitrov

Mladen

Nikolay Doychev

Dyado Radoy

Bozhidar Lechev

Valkan

Stefan Petrov

Boris Arabow

Kiril Yanev

Nikola Dadov

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