ACAPELA. The beauty Of Bulgarian Voices - Devoiko Mari Hubava

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096403/

In the 17th century, a Bulgarian Christian region is selected by the Ottoman rulers to serve as an example of conversion to Islam. A Janissary who was kidnapped from the village as a boy is sent to force the reluctant inhabitants to convert. The Turkish governor seeks a peaceful solution, but ultimately torture, violence, and rebellion break out. 1668. The jihad is in its heat in the Southeastern Europe. A corps of janissaries is commissioned to the Rhodope Mountains under the command of Karaibrahim. At the time, he was, as all the janissaries were, kidnapped from his Bulgarian family, raised as a Muslim, trained to be a ferocious warrior and convert infidels to Islam in a most brutal way. His cruelty stuns even local Ottoman ruler. He stops at nothing but the resistance of some of the locals is invincible. The struggle is half a success, there are many converts, the death toll is heavy, but all the Bulgarian keep their language and traditions on.

For five (5) centuries the Bulgarian land were tread by invaders' feet.Under TURK'S slavery

Thousands and thousands of innocent people -Bulgarians- is dead. 5 000 people of the 6-7 000 population of Batak had been slaughtered in the massacre- for one day . England, France, Europe ...evrybody knows ...but Only look on.

More than 40 years Hollywood wanted to film Anton Donchev's novel Time of Violence, which was translated in 28 languages, with 3 million copies. His novel became popular worldide quite unexpectedly. Year and a half after the novel release it reached Petar Uvaliev who lived in London. The British publisher Peter Owen gave the novel for translation in English and Uvaliev translated 150 pages in Italian. The famous director and Sophia Loren's husband Carlo Ponti, decided that he wanted to film Time of Violence. The brilliant Laurence Olivier said on a radio interview that he wished to play Karaibrahim. Anthony Quinn wished to play Manol. A contract was signed. Anton Donchev was appointed as a writer together with Ennio De Concini, who would later create the serial The Octopus. Unfortunately, the Bulgarian Communist Party Central Committee said no. Two years later, in 1968, Dino De Laurentiis arrived in Sofia asking to film the novel. But he, as well as some American directors later, met with a refusal. The Italians want to film six serial film, the Russians prepare Sergei Bondarchuk for leading role, but the luck turns back on them all. Over the years many directors wanted in vain to film the novel, such as David Lean, the director of Doctor Zhivago, and Sergio Leone, the master of Italian western, and even Oliver Stone. The Ludmil Staikov's Bulgarian version comes to life years later and there is no single Bulgarian who is not familiar with it. I remember the film première in Haskovo in 1987. The hall was full, there were even people sitting on the stairs. After the end of the film on the faces of the people there was only one thing left shock, as if they could not believe that such things ware possible... and were part of our history. Outside policemen were waiting, probably thinking that there would be riots, may be because it was a town with both Christian and Muslim population... and one of the main themes in the film was about forcing Bulgarians to turn into Muslim religion during the rule of the Ottoman Empire. But nothing like this happened. Everybody was so surprised from the film and so focused on themselves. Magnificent film, magnificent book. I can only imagine what would Oliver Stone have done with this novel. I shudder at the thought.

ACAPELA. The beauty Of Bulgarian Voices - Devoiko Mari Hubava

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096403/

In the 17th century, a Bulgarian Christian region is selected by the Ottoman rulers to serve as an example of conversion to Islam. A Janissary who was kidnapped from the village as a boy is sent to force the reluctant inhabitants to convert. The Turkish governor seeks a peaceful solution, but ultimately torture, violence, and rebellion break out. 1668. The jihad is in its heat in the Southeastern Europe. A corps of janissaries is commissioned to the Rhodope Mountains under the command of Karaibrahim. At the time, he was, as all the janissaries were, kidnapped from his Bulgarian family, raised as a Muslim, trained to be a ferocious warrior and convert infidels to Islam in a most brutal way. His cruelty stuns even local Ottoman ruler. He stops at nothing but the resistance of some of the locals is invincible. The struggle is half a success, there are many converts, the death toll is heavy, but all the Bulgarian keep their language and traditions on.

For five (5) centuries the Bulgarian land were tread by invaders' feet.Under TURK'S slavery

Thousands and thousands of innocent people -Bulgarians- is dead. 5 000 people of the 6-7 000 population of Batak had been slaughtered in the massacre- for one day . England, France, Europe ...evrybody knows ...but Only look on.