Macedonian Blood Wedding
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Macedonian Blood Wedding or Bloodshed at the Wedding is a 1967 Macedonian (Yugoslavian) film.
was originally written in 1900 in Sofia
, Bulgaria
by Voydan Chernodrinski and is based in Ottoman
occupied Macedonia
.
The movie, as with the novel, tells the story of a young woman named Cveta who is kidnapped by an Ottoman Turk in hopes of eloping with her.
Synopsis
The screenplayScreenplay
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was originally written in 1900 in Sofia
Sofia
Sofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria and the 12th largest city in the European Union with a population of 1.27 million people. It is located in western Bulgaria, at the foot of Mount Vitosha and approximately at the centre of the Balkan Peninsula.Prehistoric settlements were excavated...
, Bulgaria
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...
by Voydan Chernodrinski and is based in Ottoman
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...
occupied Macedonia
Macedonia (region)
Macedonia is a geographical and historical region of the Balkan peninsula in southeastern Europe. Its boundaries have changed considerably over time, but nowadays the region is considered to include parts of five Balkan countries: Greece, the Republic of Macedonia, Bulgaria, Albania, Serbia, as...
.
The movie, as with the novel, tells the story of a young woman named Cveta who is kidnapped by an Ottoman Turk in hopes of eloping with her.