Koziiat rog . The Goat Horn

Duration: 01:43:00 The film takes us back to the 18th century when Bulgaria was a part of the Ottoman Empire. Four hoodlums break into the house of the shepherd Karaivan, raping and killing his wife. The young shepherd’s daughter, Maria, witnesses the rape and death of her mother. Karaivan decides t...

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Other Authors: Andonov, Metodi
Institution:Open Society Archives at Central European University
Language:Bulgarian
Published: Studio for Feature Films 1971
Bulgaria
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10891/osa:175d326f-7a55-4e62-9a21-086d7cdad27d
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author2 Andonov, Metodi
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description Duration: 01:43:00 The film takes us back to the 18th century when Bulgaria was a part of the Ottoman Empire. Four hoodlums break into the house of the shepherd Karaivan, raping and killing his wife. The young shepherd’s daughter, Maria, witnesses the rape and death of her mother. Karaivan decides to take the law into his own hands and becomes obsessed by his violent wish for revenge. He cuts Maria’s hair, dresses her in man's clothes and raises her as a boy so that she can kill in cold blood. The goat horn becomes a symbol of revenge. After 9 years she has found the four violators and managed to kill three of the men with the goat horn, but before killing the last one, in the rich oriental house Maria is unwitting witness to a love scene and a change comes over her. From time to time she secretly dons a beautiful dress and exults in her newly found female identity. She falls in love with a young shepherd and the hatred melts in her heart. When Karaivan discovers the change in her it is already too late. He tries to bring her back to revenge by killing the young lover. The father sets his hut on fire, but without suspecting it, kills the daughter who is also there.
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institution Open Society Archives at Central European University
language Bulgarian
publishDate 1971
publisher Studio for Feature Films
Bulgaria
spellingShingle Koziiat rog . The Goat Horn
[Fiction film]
title Koziiat rog . The Goat Horn
topic [Fiction film]
url http://hdl.handle.net/10891/osa:175d326f-7a55-4e62-9a21-086d7cdad27d