1197. King Kaloyan ascends the throne in hard times for Bulgaria. The country is still recovering from a century of Byzantine subjugation. He is forced to carry out a very flexible foreign policy in order to strength his positions. Pope Innocent III recognizes him as Emperor (Tsar),but a little later the fourth Crusade crosses the country under Emperor Baldwin. A new conflict is coming. Tsar Kaloyan wages the decisive battle at Adrianople and wins.

• Boyana Film
• Vasil Stoychev
• Bogomil Simeonov
• Spas Dzhonev
• Tzvetana Maneva
• Ivan Stefanov
• Ivan Tonev
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• Andrey Mihaylov