Khan Asparukh - Part I - Phanagoria

Khan Asparukh - Part I - Phanagoria

95 mins | Drama, War, History | Oct. 18, 1981

This is an epic screen presentation showing the creation, the consolidation and the power of First Bulgarian Kingdom and the first Bulgarian ruler Khan Asparuh. This is the first part of the film trilogy about the events before the creation of the Bulgarian state in the middle of the VII century. Volga Bulgaria is straining under the attacks of the Khazars. Following the testament of his father, the sons of Khan Kubrat looking for a new home for their tribes. The youngest of them - Asparukh, wander 20 years in search of "land forever" for his people and reaches the mouth of the Danube. The film is narrated by captured Byzantine chronicler Belisarius, which should Asparukh in his journeys. Byzantine witnessed the heroic efforts of the Bulgarians to win the land south of the Danube and to create their new country.

Khan Asparukh - Part I - Phanagoria

95 mins | Drama, War, History | Oct. 18, 1981

Khan Asparukh - Part I - Phanagoria
This is an epic screen presentation showing the creation, the consolidation and the power of First Bulgarian Kingdom and the first Bulgarian ruler Khan Asparuh. This is the first part of the film trilogy about the events before the creation of the Bulgarian state in the middle of the VII century. Volga Bulgaria is straining under the attacks of the Khazars. Following the testament of his father, the sons of Khan Kubrat looking for a new home for their tribes. The youngest of them - Asparukh, wander 20 years in search of "land forever" for his people and reaches the mouth of the Danube. The film is narrated by captured Byzantine chronicler Belisarius, which should Asparukh in his journeys. Byzantine witnessed the heroic efforts of the Bulgarians to win the land south of the Danube and to create their new country.
IMDb rating 8.7
Producers Studiya za igralni filmi ''Boyana'', Kinostudiya na Narodnata armiya, Tvorcheski kolektiv ''Sredets''
Original title Хан Аспарух - I Серия - Фанагория
Directors Zoya Sharlandzhieva, Valeriya Deleva, Bogdana Chushkova, Ludmil Staikov
Writers Vera Mutafchieva, Mihail Kirkov

Cast

Stoyko Peev

as Khan Asparoukh

Antony Genov

as Velizariy

Vassil Mihajlov

as Khan Kubrat

Vania Tzvetkova

as Pagane

Stefan Getsov

as The High Priest of Tangra

Georgi Cherkelov

as Velizariy's father

Iossif Surchadzhiev

as Constantine IV

Mari Szür

as Iv

Lora Kremen

as Velizariy's mother

Đoko Rosić

as The Icherguboil

Marin Yanev

as Khan Asparoukh (voice)