Released:
1963-01-21

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.

Directors:
Yuriy Arnaudov, Dako Dakovski

Runtime:
1h 41min

Genre:
History

• Cast:
• 
  Vasil Stoychev
  as
  Tsar Kaloyan
• 
  Bogomil Simeonov
  as
  Milat
• 
  Spas Dzhonev
  as
  Boril
• 
  Tzvetana Maneva
  as
  Denitza
• 
  Ivan Stefanov
  as
  Ugay