Macedonian Blood Wedding

Macedonian Blood Wedding (1967)

Македонска крвава свадба

The film is the story of girl Cveta who was abducted by the Ottoman bey and taken away in his harem. Bey is trying to embrace Islam, but its persistence, and its neighbors led beloved Spasa, and beloved local priest, assisted by diplomats of the great powers manage to free themselves. On the day of her wedding comes Bey with his army to try to get it back. Cveta dies, Spasa killing Bey and and goes to the committees.

Date of release
1967-01-01
TMDB
6.6 / 10 (7)
Runtime
1h 43m
Genres
Drama
Director
Trajče Popov

Casting

Interesting facts

Macedonian Blood Wedding, also known as Bloodshed at the Wedding, is a 1967 Yugoslav historical drama directed by Macedonian director Trajče Popov. The screenplay was written by Slavko Janevski and is based on the 1900 play of the same name by the Bulgarian playwright Voydan Chernodrinski. The film was released through the production company Vardar Film. It tells the story of a young Macedonian woman Cveta who is kidnapped by a Turkish bey in Ottoman Vardar Macedonia. It follows her resistance to converting to Islam and renouncing her national identity along with the uprising of the locals against the Ottomans.

Background and production

Macedonian Blood Wedding is a film adaptation of the eponymous play by Voydan Chernodrinski first published and shown in theaters in Sofia, Bulgaria in 1900. This book is considered one of the most important works in Macedonian literature in North Macedonia.

The film takes place in the second half of the 19th century, a period during which North Macedonia was still under the rule of the Ottoman Empire and local Slavic population was subjected to Islamization and oppression. It is set in the period of the empire being in a state of anarchy, during which the Turks widely terrorized the population.

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