"SOFIA STUDIO FOR FEATURE FILMS" "KALOYAN" "Script DAKO DAKOVSKI ANTON DONCHEV, DIMITAR MANTOV" "Directed by YURIY ARNAUDOV" "Original Music by NAYDEN GEROV" "Starring Kaloyan" " VASIL STOYCHEV" "Milat" " BOGOMIL SIMEONOV Boril" " SPAS DZHONEV" "Manastar" " ANDREY MIHAYLOV Chichek" " MAGDALENA MIRCHEVA" "AD 1197." "Ten years after the rebellion of the Bulgarian bolyars Asen and Petar against Byzantine yoke." "By using the enmity between Bulgaria and Byzantium, the hordes of the ²V crusade invade the Balkan peninsula." "The fate of the Balkan people depends on their mutual understanding." "They're coming, milord!" "Milord!" "Wild geese, milord!" "They're flying away, winter has came early beyond the Danube." "They're flying low." "Should we lie in wait for them at the ridge?" "Belgun!" "Stop!" "There could be Roman scouts behind the rocks!" "Down there is Zagore!" "How much longer will we stop our horses amidst Bulgarian land?" "It would've been easy, milord, if we were birds!" "They'll land at the swamps near Adrianople for the night." "Who'll race me?" "I give you, bolyar, 100 paces headstart!" "A hundred!" "Kaloyan!" "Kaloyan!" "They killed tsar Petar!" "My brother!" "Him as well!" "I'll kill them all!" "All of them!" "Praise be to tsar Kaloyan!" "Death to the conspirators!" "Lord, forgive Your servant, the sinful Mateitsa!" "Give us the kingslayer alive!" " Shut up, you oafs!" "What tsars were his brothers?" "!" "They were bolyars, like us!" "What tsar is he, if he hides like a mouse?" "!" "Silence, murderer!" " Wait!" "Here I am!" "What are you looking at?" "You'll stand here soon as well!" "Who will recognize your crown?" "!" "Only those bootlickers over there!" "Push him, Ugay!" "Kill him!" "Three Great bolyars rose their hand against the tsar's power!" "Mateitsa told us what they wanted!" "To sell us to the Romans!" "To our enemies, who still hold half of the Bulgarian land under yoke!" "But mistaken are those who think it won't be ours once again!" "And three places around the table of the Bolyar's council are now empty!" "I decided they should be taken by..." "Dragota of Cherven." "Strezimir of Vratitsa." "The Roman cavalry has invaded Hundred Hills!" "It's besieging Ovech!" "A campaign against us?" " Let's raise the alarm!" "I'll find out about it!" " Mihail, Umen, Izmerin!" "Come on!" "Go on, you old..." " Valkan of Ovech!" "For your health, Great bolyars!" "Praise be to tsar Kaloyan!" "Is it a campaign, Milat?" " The Romans know that fishes are caught in turbid waters!" "Shall I gather the army?" " No!" "What if that's exactly what they want?" "!" "To get us scared!" "So the turmoil would grow!" "We'll have the bolyars gather their forces!" "All right!" "But what if they also go against me?" "!" "No!" "No." "Don't tell anyone until we find out more!" "Let the tumult subside!" "Let the people be calm!" "What if they're heading towards Tarnov?" "!" "We'll be on our guard!" "But we need patience!" "To find out what's going on, who's trustworthy!" "Let's go to the dining room and drink with the bolyars!" "To have a laugh, as if there are no problems!" "Bring me the bolyar of Ovech!" "The tsar is calling for you!" "Five hundred!" "Doesn't Valkan want too much?" "I'm making him a Great bolyar, I'll give him help when he needs it!" "It's too much!" " It's easy for the courtier!" "The tsar's table is near him!" ""Come on, I'm ready to gather them!"" "You go yourself, then we'll see how many peasants you'll gather to work!" "After the revolt everyone thinks that..." " All right!" "May it be as you wish!" "But I want a strong fortress!" "As if you're building it for yourself!" "Find knyaz Boril, to give you 500 gold coins!" "The way you're building, the Romans will catch you defenseless!" "What can I finish it with?" "I have no money left!" "How much have you spent so far?" " Everything I received." "Here!" "God is my witness!" " You're lying!" "I don't need to account anything to you!" "The tsar still has 200 gold coins to give me." "It's your people from Zlokuchane to blame if something happens!" "They all ran away!" " Ran away?" "To work your fields!" "You want a fortress, but give neither money, nor people!" "The tsar's warband stays here." "And you'll continue building!" "The tsar gives you a month's time!" "Valkan has stopped building." "He wants 200 more gold coins." "I'll go to him." " If you fall for it..." "Force him!" "You made him a Great bolyar!" "For the Romans even 1000 gold coins are nothing." "Valkan will sell himself to them, if I press him." "Your brother Petar used to say:" ""If Samuil had hard pressed his bolyars," "Bulgaria wouldn't have died."" "Then make them gather an army and we'll strike at Varna, while the Romans think we're weak!" " Varna is a strong fortress." "I saw it while I was being taken to Constantinople as a hostage." "Its walls are higher than ours." "We need a trained army for them." "We need time!" "We need to train at least one Bulgarian for every third Roman!" "Do you understand?" "We just need to be one to three, and then "Onwards to Varna", Belgun!" "I'll get him his 200 gold coins." "I can't do anything else now." "I'm buying him like a mercenary!" "As if he's not a Bulgarian!" "But what could I do without peace with the bolyars?" "My tsar!" "You know, my father and brothers, with half the people of Zlokuchane, died fighting the Romans and conspirators." "Make their village free!" "So with one hand I'm giving him power and with the other I'm taking his lands!" "I can't!" " What do they want?" "A handful of land!" "They've worked hard for it their whole life." "Give it to them!" "As if you're giving it to me!" "Let them get rid of the wolf!" "All right!" "But they should help with the construction work!" "We should all prepare!" "All of us!" "Only a hundred, milord!" "Knyaz Boril gave them!" "Give it to him!" " This is left from your brothers." "Even 100 gold coins are too much for Valkan!" "Send it!" "Take it!" "Dobrilo, you're sleeping, huh?" "Sleeping?" "Hold this!" "You should've been born as a stable boy, huh, Belgun?" "We'll ride tomorrow!" "Is your soul yearning for it, too?" "Wake me up when it burns out!" "I have work to do!" "Hit the shield thrice, and then go prepare Belgun!" "The bolyar!" "Who was it?" " Mladen!" "A boy of ours, from Zlokuchene!" " Come on, continue carrying!" "Where to, milord?" " To the Steep Rocks!" "It's been foggy for three days now!" "You can't see a thing!" "And, you know, the Romans destroyed the old road!" "Come on, swiftly!" " We're a tsar's village now, milord!" "Come on!" "Milord, some Cumans have arrived!" "Khan Manastar himself is leading them!" "What is it?" "What's happened?" "The Magyars defeated me!" "I'm coming to ask for help!" "Come!" " Wait!" "There's my sister, Chichek!" " Give her a room in the palace!" "You've been a loyal ally of my brothers!" "But I can't give you help now!" "Everything's messed up here after the revolt!" "Hold them off for another month, until I gather an army!" "I can't decide by myself!" "A thousand of our horsemen have died!" "The Magyars are strong!" "I'll want peace from them!" "Let them stop as far as they've advanced!" "I need my forces against the Romans!" "They don't acknowledge your crown!" "They'll say, as they did to your brothers, that the Bulgarians have no tsardom!" "I'll ally myself with the Germans!" " Catholics!" "They're quarreling with the Magyars now, but if pope Innocent lifts his finger, they'll go against you, together with them!" "Before they reach the Danube, the Magyars will set Tarnov on fire!" "They're strong!" "Hold them off for one more month, then I'll give you anything you want!" "You can see, winter is coming!" "I have a week's time!" "If I don't return with help in 7 days, my people will look for new lands!" "What?" "!" "You want to break our alliance?" "!" "If the gods decide so!" "Can I sleep?" "I'm tired!" "Go!" "Good night!" "Has the protostrator Milat passed by?" "I haven't seen him, milord!" "Pretend I'm inside!" "Valkan has ran away with the gold!" "They've violated your decree!" "Now the Romans will laugh!" ""Look how rich the Bulgarian tsar is, giving away his candlesticks!"" "We're cowards!" "We should fight to take Varna, not build fortresses!" "What about the Magyars?" "The Cumans are fleeing." "Manastar has came for help." " What?" "So the wolf has found out, that's why he's running!" "Let them run!" "May our land be cleansed of cowards!" "They don't believe in our people's strength!" "They think I'm weak!" "They think our country's dying." "Not only the candlesticks, but I'll give even my horse!" "I myself will burn out like a candle!" "But our land will last forever!" "When has he fled?" " The other night!" "I'll catch him!" "His scraggy horse won't pass easily through the passes!" "Milord, they've stopped in the Steep Rocks vale!" "You've forgotten it in my room last night!" "It's good he hasn't forgotten his head as well!" "And you, princess, did you ask your brother about following us?" "Who's this?" " The protostrator Milat!" "My trusted aide and friend!" "Then know this, protostrator, the Cuman princesses are equal to the princes!" "20 000 Cuman swords follow her and her brother!" "This ring can bind them tightly!" "Surround the vale and wait for me!" "Wait!" "They'll come out by themselves!" "Set it on fire!" "Mercy, milord!" " You're in a hurry, are you?" "!" "You dog!" "Go!" "Go down to Zagore!" "It's all inside, milord!" "Go to Ovech, prepare the fortress, and soldiers for Varna!" "I'm making you a Great bolyar on the place of Valkan!" "Thank you for the honour, milord!" "But be careful not to follow his path as well!" "Milord!" " Go, go!" "Before I was a tsar, I thought we only need to go down and reach Zagore!" "But only people like Valkan can go down such a road!" "We'll take another one!" "And you must go first!" "To Rome!" "The Cumans won't hold out for long." "And the pope stands behind the Magyars." "They'll keep quiet if he agrees with us!" "And then..." "To Varna!" "As you wish - to take it by force!" "What will we give him?" "A handful of gold coins and a candlestick!" "Creed is more important for him!" " To become Catholics?" "!" "Why should only the pope trade with faith?" "God help us!" "Yes!" "That's him!" "Father Dominic, here's the letter to the Magyar king!" "He'll relinquish Kaloyan's lands!" "From Hungary you'll head for Tarnov, as a legate of the Holy pope!" "And the Bulgarian messenger?" "Protostrator Milat will be released and sent with honours to Varna by sea." "Once Kaloyan sees his hands untied, he'll strike at the Romans, to free his lands!" "There should be fights between the Danube and the Aegean, once the warriors of the Holy pope set off on a crusade!" "Remember!" "The lands between the Danube and the Aegean are like this door." "They lead to countless treasures and glory for the Holy See." "Two kingdoms guard that road - Bulgarians and Romans!" "If they unite, there will be no path for the crusading army!" "That's why there should never be a union between Bulgarians and Romans!" "For the Lord's greater glory!" "Tsar Kaloyan gives you time until sunset!" "Give us the keys and you'll stay alive!" "Come to the fortress and swear before the people of Varna you say the truth!" "Brothers!" "Brothers!" "Brothers!" "Beat them up!" "It fell!" "Varna fell!" "Varna is ours!" "Who are you?" " Protostrator Stavrakis!" "Where's your gold?" " Away with my ships!" "Go catch it, if you want!" "No!" "For a man like him - in the sand!" "With the others!" "Barbarians!" "Venetian?" " No, Bulgarian!" "Envoy of the tsar to the pope!" "Finally!" "Welcome!" "I'm the legate of the pope to the tsar!" "Commander!" " Kaloyan!" "I took Varna!" "I took it!" "Wasn't I right, huh?" " A hero!" "Did you wear that in the fight?" " A gift from the pope!" "Well, tell me!" "You've grown old!" "What took you so long?" "I was captured near Venice." "First they tortured me, then dressed me in gold!" "Who?" " The knights." "Knights?" "!" "What?" "Hasn't His Grace, the Papal legate, told you?" "The pope has sent you one armour and a thousand to them!" "And more are coming." "A new crusade is on the way." "They'll pass through Constantinople." "Dominic hasn't said a word till now that a crusade is gathering!" "They're hiding!" " Let them hide!" "It's to our advantage!" "When are they leaving?" "Soon, it seems." " Good!" "We'll also go, as they pass!" "We'll take Zagore!" "Gather the Bolyar's council!" "Praise be to them!" " Praise them!" "Praise doesn't feed us, my tsar!" "Many hungry mouths are waiting." "How many?" " Half the people of Zlokuchane." "The Romans are strong, milord!" "What?" "!" "Are you afraid?" "!" "We'll tear down even Constantinople itself!" " Do you know how many castles are there?" "They'll put such crosses before each one!" "How many are you?" " Only we here are left!" "The council is gathered, milord!" " Take these things off!" "I'll ask for a peace with the Romans." "What?" "!" "Peace?" "Thousands of warriors fell here!" "The Romans are still strong!" "And the knights might not go soon." "They prepared the third crusade for so long!" "What about Zagore?" "Now the Romans will be like us before Varna!" "Between two fires!" "If they learn the knights are going against them, they'll give us Zagore without a fight, to keep their back!" "Isn't that so?" "What if the pope learns?" "Listen, you shouldn't pull this devil's tail!" "There's no one to tell him, besides Dominic!" "Dobrilo!" "Find knyaz Boril!" "Let him keep the papal legate in his tent!" "Bury them out!" "All of them!" "What is the tsar doing?" "Pope Innocent has gathered knights for a new crusade." "They'll pass through Constantinople." "They offer me a union." "If I agree, I'll easily crush your back." "We'll hit you so hard, you'll scatter around like sea-gulls!" "I want peace with you!" "Recognize my crown and give us Zagore back!" "You were a hostage in Constantinople, weren't you?" "I was!" "For three years!" "Then you haven't learned anything from us, barbarian!" "Go and tell what you heard!" "Protostrator Milat will accompany you!" "I'll wait for a month!" "And the campaign south?" "I've promised my men plunder!" "Take the loot from here!" "You'll plunder Bulgarians in the south, Manastar!" "What about us?" "I gave food, horses!" "Split it with Manastar!" "You see, we can't get on with this one either!" "That's your own business!" " It's the sin of people like Ugay!" "You deserve it!" "When you were in the court, you also barked against the bolyars!" "But you see now how easy it is to be one?" "!" "Go now and defend the tsar again!" "What's your reward?" "A cracked skull!" "If the knights come, you'll be left without it!" "How is Dominic?" " In bed, tenth day already." "Come!" " Wait!" "What's happened?" "Here, read!" " From the Romans?" "No!" "Milat hasn't returned yet!" "Read!" "Read, read!" "See if I've made it official enough!" "It's not "pious", but "Holy" pope." "So you've decided!" "Good!" "You're doing well!" "What do we lose?" "We enter the bosom of the West." "The Vatican is all-powerful!" "Knowledge, conduct!" "Strength!" "And the Romans?" "Let's go tell Dominic!" " Be quiet!" "Oh, if the Romans were smart enough to agree to an alliance with us!" "Then the Vatican would see our knowledge!" "And our strength!" " And this?" "We might need it, involuntarily." "The knights are dogs, but if the Romans refuse, what would we do?" "You're lying the Holy church!" " Give me 100 gold coins!" "What?" " I'll send a gift to pope Innocent." "To buy off my sin!" " I don't have!" "You know I don't!" "Send him relics!" "Send him the relics of St. Ivan of Rila!" "Give me the cross!" "The pope would like it better." "Don't ask me for it!" "It's from the Holy Land!" "So it's dearer to you than the relics of St. Ivan?" "Ah, you!" "Keep it!" "Go to Dominic!" "Take care of him!" "Tell him I'm beyond the Danube!" "I'll meet him when I return!" "Dear Lord!" "Don't speak!" "So hatred has blinded them!" " The worst is not they refused." "The knights have left Rome!" "The new crusade has begun!" "That's what they gathered for." "They had to leave some day." "But what are the Romans hoping for?" "Are they mad?" "!" "Don't they understand we should be united now?" "It seems they're thinking otherwise." "They're negotiating with the pope." "They've got it wrong this time!" "Would the knights leave them to take us on?" "What do we have?" "!" "I'm seeking 100 gold coins as a gift for the pope!" "And Constantinople is all in gold!" "Did you see it?" " I saw it!" "The Romans will buy themselves off!" "Why did I lose so much time?" "Dominic could've been in Rome by now!" "We should've met a long time ago, father!" "I've written the letter to the Holy pope long ago as well!" "Give the Holy father my humble reverence!" "Tell him I wait night and day for his blessing to illuminate me!" "Dobrilo!" "And this is for your patience, father!" "Was it the tsar?" "He didn't call for me?" "I'm leaving for Rome!" "Thank God!" "So the Romans have refused!" "May God guide you on your path, father!" "I received a cross of pure gold from the Holy Land yesterday!" "I'll send it as a gift to the Holy pope!" "I want to give you something for a keepsake as well!" "I like you so much, father!" "Come!" "You're not sleeping again?" "I can't!" "When will we live, Kaloyan?" "The years are passing by!" "You're gone whole day and don't sleep at night." "Is Maria all right?" " The same as me!" "When was the last time you saw her?" "She'll forget she has a father!" "I can't go on like this!" "I sent to call Manastar!" "I want his forgiveness!" "The knights stand before Constantinople and don't leave for the Holy Land." "I don't know what will happen." "I'm afraid they'll reconcile with the Romans!" "Forget about this at least tonight!" "Why don't you go and bring your brother?" "My army's not enough!" "And the new ones haven't arrived yet!" "If something happens..." " I can't!" "Good night!" "Woeful Constantinople!" "I knew it will fall!" "Do you remember, I told you the Romans have it wrong this time!" "So far the pope's goal has been clear." "But from now on?" "The knights won't leave for the Holy Land." "But about our lands..." " I know one thing!" "Zagore has no master now." "Let's take it back!" "If they head this way, it doesn't matter who rules over Zagore." "But at least the border will be further away from us!" "From you!" "Let's do it!" "We'll go!" "We can do it without casualties now!" "And let the knights see we're not cowards!" "Gather the army!" "But without too much noise and alarm!" "Quietly!" "Come on!" "Manastar!" "I need Manastar now, Maria!" "Seven tens!" "Wait!" "Strezimir arrives!" "We'll give him 200 swords, 300 spears and 10 mails for his centurions!" "Now for you, Dragota!" "Three hundred swords!" "Take from the ones we captured from Stavrakis' trireme!" "Leave the short spears for Manastar!" "He has the right, he captured them." "Only if he comes!" "Do you know what an insulted Cuman is, huh?" "Two more tens!" "The saddle's for me, huh?" "Praise be to the gods!" "So, who are we fighting?" "We're leaving for Zagore!" " And who's there now?" "God knows who we'll find, but fishes are caught in turbid waters!" "Now is the time to get it back!" "Sit down!" "What's this?" "Why have you came?" "The campaign's cancelled!" "Huh?" "Why?" "I don't know!" "I'm confused here as well!" "Boy's deeds!" "Backward-forward, forward-backward!" "A royal decree!" " Don't call for me anymore!" "Praise be to tsar Kaloyan!" "Thank you, bolyars and courtiers!" "God has given us what we wanted!" "Without blood, Zagore is ours again!" "Praise be to Kaloyan!" "We don't need it anymore!" "Go to Belgun!" "We'll race tomorrow all the way to Zagore!" "I'll give all bolyars 100 paces headstart!" " Maybe even 200!" "And how much will you give me?" "And to you..." "To you..." " Milord!" "Dominic's waiting." "As you ordered, after the coronation." "We'll go to Zagore!" "Three days' ride!" "All in a field!" "With you, we'll race like equals!" "Wait a little!" "Knights!" "Mladen!" "Stop!" "Did I scare you?" " You talk only about those knights." "Are they vampires or goblins?" " Scarecrows, but iron ones!" "Have you finished the fortress?" " No!" "But I'll be back soon." "Stavrakis?" "!" "Who sent you?" "!" " The knights took Plovdiv." "They're butchering everyone, nobles and peasants alike." "Let them butcher you!" "You deserve it!" "They don't pass your people in Zagore either." "They don't ask who's Roman or not!" " Don't worry about us!" "The papal legate is still in Tarnov!" "We also had a treaty with them." "Gave them loads of gold!" "You'll believe me when you see them at your gates!" "Why do you come?" " For help!" "We're going to Kaloyan!" "Go!" "I know the secret way out!" "We won't let the knights to burn our village!" "Come on!" "Take the weapons!" "By tomorrow we'll be in Zagore!" "Where is Mladen?" "!" "I don't know!" " You're not married, huh?" "We'll find you a man!" "I'll keep you all in the fortress until we find the brigand!" "Come on!" "We're a tsar's village, only he can judge us!" "All right!" "I'll leave you in your tsar's village!" "Hang him on that tree!" " Grandpa!" "Grandpa!" "Grandpa!" "Hold!" "What's going on in Zagore?" " I don't know!" "Fires, milord, and the peasants are fleeing!" "Mladen's leading the people of Zlokuchane, with our weapons!" "Haven't you been down there yet?" " I haven't!" "It's dangerous!" "What are you waiting for?" "!" "Dominic ran away!" " What?" "!" "But..." " Aren't you a tsar's village?" "All men inside the fortress and no thinking of fleeing!" "And where will the women and children stay, milord?" "Zlokuchane is gone, the bolyar destroyed it!" "If I didn't know you as my trusted man," "I'd think you're Valkan reincarnated!" "We might need those people for battle soon!" "How will you gather them?" "Look at her!" "Do you think her father and brothers will follow you?" "Build them huts within a week!" "Send scouts to Zagore!" "I'll expect news in 3 days!" "Guards, take her to the palace!" "Take the men aside!" "Quickly!" "Weren't you from Zlokuchane?" "What are you doing here?" "The bolyar Ugay sent me to serve you, milord!" "Whom?" "!" "Me?" "!" "What a pimp!" "Why are you crying?" "Let me go, milord!" "I can't get used to the palace!" "Didn't your house burn down?" "It did!" "What is it?" "Maria isn't well!" "You'll stay here!" "Where to?" "!" "Fleeing, father?" "!" "Why?" "I'm going to Constantinople!" " All the way there?" "The Papal soldiers are already near, in Zagore!" "Zagore?" " Don't pretend!" "Does Kaloyan know?" " And how do you know?" "!" "The Romans want our help!" "If you help the Romans, you'll be the first to pay for it!" "This is the easiest place to strike!" "And the knights welcome only the humble bolyars!" "I won't become a Catholic!" " Emperor Baldwin seeks friends!" "You'll have gold, support!" "If you want, give an oath yourself!" "So you crowned the tsar with one hand and held this with the other!" "Ah, you brigands in Christ!" "Wait for me in the fortress!" "You remembered me?" "You almost forgot me since you went to the mountains!" "I bring bad news, knyaz!" "Zagore's burning!" " God forbid!" "They're burning it, huh?" "But Kaloyan is strong!" "They won't reach here!" "Who knows?" "!" "They took Constantinople!" "And Kaloyan makes me build huts!" " What huts?" "For the peasants!" "I set them on fire, for disobedience!" "And the tsar makes me build a new village!" "Listen, knyaz!" "I came for help!" "I have no gold!" "He wants gold for huts..." "The peasants will make them themselves!" "No!" "The tsar wants big and good ones!" "Give me 100 gold coins!" " Where from?" "I have none!" "Wherever you've taken for everything here from!" "From the tsar's treasure!" " Ah, you!" "Give it!" "It's for a tsar's village!" "I have none!" "Did you forget I was in the palace during the revolt, when all of you were busy plundering?" "!" "Don't tremble!" "I won't tell anyone!" "I don't want to die either!" "I also signed Baldwin's charter!" "Swear it!" "Come!" "Kaloyan sent Milat to emperor Baldwin!" "In God's name, we must hurry!" "I'm awaiting news from Dominic!" "I'm listening!" "Tsar Kaloyan wishes you health, milord!" "And wants you not to encroach upon our lands!" "These lands were Roman!" "They're ours now, till the Danube!" "This is our land!" "Romans trampled it!" "Now you!" "But it's Bulgarian!" "Take him away!" " And tell your lousy tsar we won't go back!" "Others have also raised swords against us!" "Remember, Baldwin!" "We'll measure you the way you measure us!" "You here as well?" "Mangy papal dog!" "Curse you and your bloody pope!" "The Bulgarian bolyars who signed the charter came!" "How many?" " Four!" "And the fifth is a nephew of the tsar, knyaz Boril!" "Let him and one baron enter!" "Trouble, cousin, may God help us!" "What?" " I went about all the passes!" "Refugees are flocking from Zagore!" "Ragged, barefooted!" "The bolyars chase them!" "I told Ugay, but he doesn't want them!" "Why not?" "!" " There were many Romans among them!" "That's not right!" "You go!" "You might turn him!" "Dobrilo!" "Prepare Belgun!" "Ugay has gone too far!" "Lord!" "Lord, forgive me!" "And help me!" "After me!" "Ugay!" " The tsar!" "Hold the tsar!" "Come on, quickly!" "Come on, a bit more!" "The fortress is just up there!" "Wait!" "Wait!" "Go back!" "Go back, milord!" "There are conspirers in the fortress!" "They tried to kill the tsar!" "Till when?" "Who is it?" "It's me!" "Open up!" "I can't!" "Maria's sleeping already." "Milord!" "You haven't eaten in two days!" "Take it!" "Take it!" "Rest, milord!" "Seven years I built!" "I thought I'm standing on a rock!" "But it was shifting sand!" "What do the traitors want?" "!" "No, this can't go on anymore!" "We have to go!" "But who will I lead?" "Only the tsar's forces?" " It won't be enough for a single battle!" "We need ten times more!" "If you were flesh and blood, I'd give you a sword, too!" "Let's gather the militia!" " Simple people!" "Untrained!" "And they will stop the knights?" "!" " Those simple people freed our lands!" "The people of Zagora have already risen by themselves!" "Plovdiv's rebelling!" "Every refugee is a prepared warrior!" "Just give him a sword and lead him!" "To whom?" "!" "The Plovdiv Bogomils?" "!" "Heretics!" "If the knights corner them, they'll turn their swords against us!" "Peace!" "Let them stop at the mountain!" "God doesn't want to give us Zagore back!" "No!" "God has no part in this thing!" "I'll go!" "I'll gather everyone who can hold a sword!" "But we can't do anything only with footmen!" "We need horsemen!" "Horsemen!" "Ah, if Manastar was here, I'd leave tomorrow!" "Wanderer!" "Why do you trust him?" "Manastar's an honest warrior!" "We'll come to an agreement!" "I wanted Chichek to bring him, but she doesn't even allow me in her room!" "Go!" "You go and ask her!" "I'm cold!" "And feverish!" "Where to?" "To my master!" " That's no longer needed!" "Come with me!" "It was here, milord!" "Why did you kill Denitsa?" "!" " Me?" "!" "What did she do to you?" "!" " I haven't!" "I swear in the child!" "Where's your golden horseshoe?" "!" "Maria was playing with it!" " I'll kill you!" "Snake!" "Once they reach the well!" "Can you write on Bulgarian?" "What about Greek?" "If you know neither Bulgarian, nor Greek, what are you doing here?" "!" "Tsar Kaloyan, help us, we're dying!" "From Thrace, AD 1205" "How many of you are there?" "!" " We left 1000 on 100 places each!" "And more are coming, as many as you want!" " Come and lead us, milord!" "Manastar!" "Manastar!" "But it might be too late otherwise!" "Go and tell them" " I'll come!" "Hold on!" "Burn everything!" "Leave no bread, let them eat rocks!" "Block the water sources, so they'll die from thirst!" "Harass them day and night!" "Let them have no rest!" "Let them have no sleep!" " We'll do everything!" "The rebels send you a gift!" " Who did you take it from?" "!" "From a priest of the knights!" " Is he alive?" "!" "He is!" " Guard him!" "I want to see him!" "He knows who's in the plot." "I'll question him myself, milord!" "They're giving me back my honour and my mind!" "How quickly can you gather the militia?" " In a week's time." "Do it for 3 days, if you can!" " I can!" "Since they took her to the palace, we haven't heard anything of her." "I asked Milat once, he didn't say anything." "Come on!" "It's a shame!" "Look!" "We've gathered so many people and you're looking down!" "We're not going to fight for tsars and bolyars, but for the people!" "Come on, go!" "And listen, be careful, a whole pack of bolyars is in the fortress!" "Who raised you?" " Mladen, he went to Zagore!" "You think you'll accomplish something by going barehanded?" "We won't go barehanded!" "Have you ever seen a knight?" "Who will lead you?" "The pain that you don't see in the palace!" "Kaloyan's going against the knights!" " Thank God!" "People!" "Tsar Kaloyan will lead us!" "Tsar Kaloyan!" "Long live tsar Kaloyan!" "Well?" " No Cumans!" "And the peasants?" " Stil gathering, the forest is full!" "Lord God!" "If I was in your place, I'd burn the whole mountain!" "Let them all burn!" "What are they doing?" "!" "Who'll work for him, if he kills them?" "Don't you see everyone's risen?" "Go and stop them, if you dare!" "There are other people to stop them!" "Let them go, if they want to die!" "But we have to stop Kaloyan!" "Understand this!" "Otherwise, we're finished!" "Only Boril can help us now!" "Baldwin doesn't know the rest of us!" "And the others aren't coming yet!" " Only Boril!" "I'm not going for Tarnov without Manastar!" "Open up!" "Tell the voivode Ugay that khan Manastar and his sister have arrived!" "Ugay's gone!" "He died!" "The men and the army have left for Adrianople!" "Where to, chieftain?" "To Adrianople!" " Why?" "Plunder!" "Take her to Tarnov!" "I know the way to Tarnov myself!" "To Adrianople!" "Tsar Kaloyan!" "Glory to Kaloyan!" "Glory to Kaloyan!" "Glory!" "Mladen, bring the messenger!" "Did Dominic say something?" " He did, milord!" "He's down there, at the swamp!" "Our men are guarding him!" "He said that..." "Milord, the besieged Adrianople sends its last piece of bread!" "Help us!" "Speak!" "Did you tell us out?" " I don't remember!" "We'll save you!" "Remember!" "What did you tell them?" " I don't remember!" "Ugay!" "Dragota!" " Others, others!" "I don't remember!" "Who else?" " Mihail!" "Anyone else?" " I don't know others!" "Dog!" "He's gone!" "We'll wait till they eat their last piece of bread as well!" "Milord, khan Manastar has arrived!" "As a friend or an enemy?" "Go inside the tent!" "Alone!" "Dobrilo, stay here!" "Drop the sword!" "Why did you come?" " If you don't need me, I'll leave!" "No!" "I need the cavalry!" "But I'll kill you!" "I know everything, you're a traitor!" "I would've been a traitor!" "It's your fault!" "Chichek led me to Ugay!" "And the men followed her!" "They wanted plunder!" "Again, why did you come?" " The Cumans are where plunder is!" "If I was a traitor..." "Dobrilo, khan Manastar will be my guest tonight!" "Khan Manastar!" "Come!" "Lead the Cumans!" "Drive their last herds away!" "Harass the knights until they leave the camp!" "Sir, allow me and the knights of Blois to attack!" "I won't!" "No one should leave the camp!" "What an honour for the lousy barbarians!" " Adrianople will fall by Easter!" "After that we'll crush all this rabble!" "I'm hungry, sir!" "Consider it, count, that they've just borrowed our cattle!" "I'm hungry!" " Consider it a lent for the Holy church!" "If someone goes on his own, he'll be heavily punished!" "And excommunicated!" "Today is Good Friday," "God doesn't want blood!" "A prayer, seigneur!" "Emperor Baldwin ordered all knights to go!" "Bring me wine and food!" "To arms!" "To arms, knights of Blois!" "Just one unit!" " I see!" "We'll let them through!" "Open up!" " Wait!" "Hold!" "Let them pass!" "The woods won't hold the heavy cavalry!" " They must!" "Lead the knights in the swamp and beat them!" "The plunder is yours!" "If count Louis de Blois survives, I'll hang him amidst the camp!" "We must help them!" "Christ's warriors are dying there!" "Sir, count Louis de Blois asks for..." "Knights of Burgundy, Flandres, Brittany, Lombardians," "Venetians, Normans!" "Warriors of the pope!" "The hour of God's wrath has arrived!" "God raises His hand to lead us against the infidels!" "For the Bulgarian land!" "For the glory of our arms!" "Beat the knights!" "On your positions!" "Strezimir!" "Give the signal!" "After me!" "We measured you, as you measured us!" "Original subtitles: stanimir2 Translation:" "NikeBG"