Time of Violence

1988 Bulgarian film

Time of Violence

Theatrical release poster

Directed by| Ludmil Staikov
Written by| Ludmil Staikob, Georgi Danailov, Mihail Kirkov, Radoslav Spasov
Based on| Time of Parting
by Anton Donchev
Produced by| Hristo Nenov
Starring|

* Yosif Sarchadzhiev
* Rusi Chanev
* Ivan Krastev
* Anya Pencheva

Cinematography| Radoslav Spasov
Edited by| Violeta Toshkova
Music by| Georgi Genkov
Distributed by| Boyana Film

Release date

* 28 March 1988 (1988-03-28)

Running time

| 288 minutes
Country| Bulgaria
Language| Bulgarian

Time of Violence (Bulgarian: Време разделно) is a 1988 Bulgarian film based on the novel Time of Parting by Anton Donchev. It consists of two episodes with a combined length of 288 minutes. It premiered at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival where it was screened in the Un Certain Regard section.[1] The film was selected as the Bulgarian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 62nd Academy Awards, but was not nominated.[2]

## Plot

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The film is set in the Ottoman Empire, in 1668. As Köprülü Fazıl Ahmed Pasha concentrates his war efforts on the Cretan War, he grows paranoid of the Sultan's Christian subjects, convinced that they are an uncontrollable threat to the empire unless Islamized.

One of the targets is Elindenya, a village located in a Rhodope valley where the Christian Bulgarians' way of life was for the most part left alone under the Ottoman governor Süleyman Agha's rule. A sipahi regiment is dispatched to the valley with the mission of converting the Christian population to Islam, by force if necessary. The extraordinary thing is that the regiment is led by Kara Ibrahim, a fanatical devshirme from Elindenya, and although Süleyman Agha, feeling that his self-ordained rule is at stake, objects to forced conversions, Kara Ibrahim favors measures of extreme brutality against the local Bulgarians, including his own family.

## Cast

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* Yosif Sarchadzhiev as Kara Ibrahim
* Rusi Chanev as Pop Aligorko
* Ivan Krastev as Manol
* Anya Pencheva as Sevda
* Valter Toski as the Venetian
* Vasil Mihaylov as Süleyman Aga
* Kalina Stefanova as Elitza
* Momchil Karamitev as Momchil
* Konstantin Kotsev as Dyado Galushko
* Stoyko Peev as Goran
* Bogomil Simeonov as Ismail Bey
* Djoko Rosic as Kara Hasan
* Velko Kanev as Köprülü Fazıl Ahmed Pasha
* Stefka Berova as Gyulfie
* Angel Ivanov as Mircho
* Nikola Todev as Stoyko Protsvet

## See also

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* List of submissions to the 62nd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
* List of Bulgarian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

## References

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1. ^ "Festival de Cannes: Time of Violence". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-07-31.
2. ^ Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

## External links

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* Time of Violence at IMDb

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Bulgarian submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

1971—1993|

* Porcupines Are Born Without Bristles (1971)
* The Goat Horn (1972)
* The Last Summer (1974)
* The Barrier (1979)
* Khan Asparuh (1982)
* Where Are You Going? (1988)
* Time of Violence (1989)
* Margarit and Margarita (1990)
* The Well (1991)
* Canary Season (1993)

2000—present|

* Letter to America (2000)
* Fate as a Rat (2001)
* Warming Up Yesterday's Lunch (2002)
* Journey to Jerusalem (2003)
* Mila from Mars (2004)
* Stolen Eyes (2005)
* Monkeys in Winter (2006)
* Warden of the Dead (2007)
* Zift (2008)
* The World Is Big and Salvation Lurks Around the Corner (2009)
* Eastern Plays (2010)
* Tilt (2011)
* Sneakers (2012)
* The Colour of the Chameleon (2013)
* Bulgarian Rhapsody (2014)
* The Judgment (2015)
* Losers (2016)
* Glory (2017)
* Omnipresent (2018)
* Ága (2019)
* The Father (2020)
* Fear (2021)
* In the Heart of the Machine (2022)
* Blaga's Lessons (2023)
* Triumph (2024)

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