Kaloyan/Калоян (Film 1963 -ENG SUB)

Kaloyan is a 1963 Bulgarian Historical drama film directed by Dako Dakovski. Audio in Bulgarian with English subtitles.

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.

Cast & Characters:
Vasil Stoychev - Tsar Kaloyan
Bogomil Simeonov - Milat
Spas Dzhonev - Boril
Andrey Mihaylov - Manastar
Magdalena Mircheva - Chichek
Tzvetana Maneva - Denitza

Kaloyan or Kalojan, also known as Ivan I,Ioannitsa or Johannitsa (c. 1170 – October 1207), the Romanslayer, was emperor or tsar of Bulgaria from 1196 to 1207. He was the younger brother of Theodor and Asen, who led the anti-Byzantine uprising of the Bulgarians and Vlachs in 1185. The uprising ended with the restoration of Bulgaria as an independent state. He spent a few years as a hostage in Constantinople in the late 1180s. Theodor, crowned Emperor Peter II, made him his co-ruler after Asen was murdered in 1196. A year later, Peter was also murdered, and Kaloyan became the sole ruler of Bulgaria. Kaloyan died during the siege of Thessalonica in October 1207, but the circumstances of his death are uncertain. The contradictory records of Kaloyan's death gave rise to multiple scholarly theories, many of them accepting that he was murdered.