Bulgaria. 13th century. The people, driven to utter despair, rise in arms. They elect Ivaylo - a poor peasant but gifted military commander - as their leader. Ivaylo's army overruns the Tatar invaders and the royal troops. In a decisive battle with the royal army, Ivaylo defeats and slays King Konstantin Asen. To prevent a betrayal on the feudal nobles, who intend to open the gates of the royal capital to Byzantine army, Ivaylo sacrifices his personal happiness, abandons his sweetheart and agrees to marry the widowed queen.

Cast

Bogomil Simeonov

Ivaylo

Ginka Stancheva

Kalina

Tzvyatko Nikolov

Momchil

Ivan Bratanov

Pop Manol

Nikolay Doychev

Stan

Trifon Dzhonev

Shishko

Luna Davidova

Maria

Encho Tagarov

Deyan

Nikolay Uzunov

Valkan