681 AD: The Glory of Khan
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681 AD: The Glory of Khan is an 1981 three-part Bulgaria
n historical action and drama film telling the story of khan
Asparuh and the events around the founding of the medieval Bulgarian state
in 681 AD. It was shot and released on the occasion of the 13-century anniversary of Bulgaria.
The director is Lyudmil Staykov, with Stoyko Peev playing Asparuh, Antoniy Genov playing Velisarius and Vanya Tsvetkova Pagane.
The film was internationally released in a 92-minute English-language cut-down version, down from the original 4½ hours. The version has received much criticism for not presenting the entire plot well and focusing on certain aspects, thus changing the whole feel of the production.
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
n historical action and drama film telling the story of khan
Khan (title)
Khan is an originally Altaic and subsequently Central Asian title for a sovereign or military ruler, widely used by medieval nomadic Turko-Mongol tribes living to the north of China. 'Khan' is also seen as a title in the Xianbei confederation for their chief between 283 and 289...
Asparuh and the events around the founding of the medieval Bulgarian state
First Bulgarian Empire
The First Bulgarian Empire was a medieval Bulgarian state founded in the north-eastern Balkans in c. 680 by the Bulgars, uniting with seven South Slavic tribes...
in 681 AD. It was shot and released on the occasion of the 13-century anniversary of Bulgaria.
The director is Lyudmil Staykov, with Stoyko Peev playing Asparuh, Antoniy Genov playing Velisarius and Vanya Tsvetkova Pagane.
The film was internationally released in a 92-minute English-language cut-down version, down from the original 4½ hours. The version has received much criticism for not presenting the entire plot well and focusing on certain aspects, thus changing the whole feel of the production.
Cast
- Stoyko Peev as "Khan Asparukh of BulgariaAsparukh of BulgariaAsparuh was ruler of a Bulgar tribe in the second half of the 7th century and is credited with the establishment of the First Bulgarian Empire in 680/681...
" - Antony Genov as "Belisarius"
- Vassil Mihajlov as "Khan KubratKubratKubrat or Kurt was a Bulgar ruler credited with establishing the confederation of Old Great Bulgaria in 632. He is said to have achieved this by conquering the Avars and uniting all the Bulgar tribes under one rule....
" - Vania Tzvetkova as "Pagane"
- Stefan Getsov as "The High Priest of Tangra"
- Georgi Cherkelov as " Belisarius' father"
- Iossif Surchadzhiev as "Constantine IVConstantine IVConstantine IV , , sometimes incorrectly called Pogonatos, "the Bearded", by confusion with his father; was Byzantine emperor from 668 to 685...
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