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The year is 1668. The Ottoman Empire has long conquered Eastern Europe

but the Holy War for the total domination of Islam continues.

The battle rages on for Candia.

Enichars are sent to the Rhodopes - a Bulgarian mountain of great strategic importance

"Enichar" is the name give to young christian boys

separated by force from their parents, raised with unimaginable cruelty

and transformed into fanatically faithful soldiers of the Sultan.

I fear not that there are still enemies of the Padishah walking the Earth.

We will crush them just like we crushed the Byzantines, the Bulgarians, the Serbs.

I dread that many of his subjects still worship The Cross.

Only after when a single faith binds us,

only when all fly the holly banner of The Prophet,

only then will we become invincible.

If we fail in this, the world will never belong to us.

TIME OF VILOENCE

based on the book "Time of Violence" by Anton Dochev

THE THREAT episode 1

Script Lyudmil Staykov, Georgy Danaylov, Mihayl Kirkov, Radoslav Spasov

starring

Yosif Sarchadjiev Rusi Chanev Ivan Krastev

Valter Tosky Anya Pencheva

Vasil Mihaylov Konstantin Kotsev Kalina Stefanova

Angel Ivanov Momchil Karamitev Stoyko Peev

Bogomil Simeonov Ivan Yanchev Anton Karastoyanov

Nokolay Latev Tsanko Petrov Stefka Berova

editor Todor Monov

consultants Tsvetana Georgieva, Atanas Semerdjiev, Ganka Mihaylova, Hristo Dermedjiev

costumes Nokolay Nokolov, Sonya Kalcheva

make-up Tanyo Kukov

editing Violeta Toshkova

sound Lyudmila Mahalnishka

music Georgy Genkov

art director Gorgi Todorov

producer Hristo Nenov

camera man Radoslav Spasov

directed by Lyudmil Staykov

What't the matter, Master?

We are there.

Call him.

Oi!

Oi!

He fell on his back. It's good luck, that is.

That's only when in battle.

It is a battle.

Call him.

Oi! Come here!

He must be mad to stand before the Master with his hat on.

Why don't you take your hat off, slave?

Manol. Please, don't!

What is the name of this valley?

Elindenya.

And over there is Chitak. Village Chitak.

Follows Podviz and further down is Luki.

Where is the grave of Enihan Baba,

the conqueror of the Rhodopes?

It's over there, on the top.

Father, go toll the bells!

Wait, we must put your wife's bones in the church.

We can't leave them like this. It's a sin.

If we don't hurry, we will make even a greater sin.

Hurry, Father! I will take them.

Allah is Great and Mohamed is his Prophet.

All glory to you, Enihan Baba!

Turkish cavalary, grandpa Kolio.

They passed the graveyard.

I will call Vraju Kehaya and Velko

You call Merdjana and the others.

Merdjan! Merdjan!

Syakul, where is your father?

- He is at home. - Tell him that I will be waiting for him at Stayko's place.

Hurry, dear boy.

How may of them are there, Manol?

Many. We must hide the boys.

You take the upper neighbourhood.

You - Ilchov's and Prizhari.

Zhelio, you lead them! You know where.

Manol, but they have a list of their names.

That many soldiers. It can't be just for the children.

I say, hide everything - animals, harvest, family..

And be careful.

Hide your knives. The last thing we want is an incident.

Turks! Send the child to Zhelio, he will take the children to the caves.

Get inside! Soldiers!

Dad, where is Mircho?

Haven't seen him today. Why?

An army entered the valley.

I don't think there are any of ours there. They were all regular army. Didn't see any Enichars.

Goran, pour some more in!

Can't you see it's empty?!

I thought they forgot all about us.

Goran, stop it.

What is the matter, dad?

Why are you still standing here?

Go look for the child.

They can't take anything from me anymore.

Mircho!

Where have you been?

I was with Elitsa, in the big pond.

Leave the basket and go home.

Find a task fit for a man!

Who are you?

Who are you?

I am Karaibrahim. I was sent here by the Grand Vezir

These are my men.

I am Master Syuleyman and this valley belongs to me.

Then I have come to see you.

The Vezir sends his regards.

And this letter.

And this letter is for the army commander.

That will be me.

A letter for the local Kadia.

That will be me.

A letter to the imam.

Have you become an imam too?

No. I have an imam.

Hasan imam!

Why do you welcome us like brigands?

Why did you not send any news that you are coming, so that I can welcome you properly?

You will understand after you have read the letters.

Shall we go?

Run!

Do they always run like this when they see you?

A while ago, I came this way to meet you.

None of them ran.

It would seem they are not running away from me.

Elitsa!

What is this?

Nothing. They let the valley know that you have come.

So everyone knows.

Who is he?

Carpenter, foreigner.

Beleiver or infidel?

- Infidel. He's not been around for very long. - Sell him to me.

I have paid 6000 for him. If you want him - he is yours.

Why did you kill him?

To let everyone in the headquarters know that i have arrived.

- Do you need any help?

I can do it myself, Goran.

Hurry, Hurry. Come on! Hurry!

I am thinking... you can take the sheep to the upper fields at dawn.

Momchil, did you hear what I just said?

I was hoping to get a chance to stop by at the mill. I have a gift for Elitsa.

Get a chance to see her...

Now is not the time for gifts.

Mircho, be careful.

I want you to take the room next to Syuleiman's.

I want to know everything that's going on in there.

Master!

Did you know? We have to pay for everything.

Syuleyman charges for food and everything.

Bread alone costs 12 aspri.

Consider hay for the animals and all...

Master Syuleyman sent me to tell you that you are all his guests. You will not pay.

Do not be afraid.

This is your mother's hair.

You know that soldiers came today. They will probably take children for Enichars.

They were here when I was your age. Had they taken me,

I would be an Enichar now.

You can't be an Enichar.

No one is born an Enichar, my son.

No one knows what they do to the christian children after they take them away,

but they turn them into beasts.

I won't let that happen!

God forbid, If they take you,

I want you to remember these three things

and swear on your mother's remains that you will fulfill at least one of them.

Sit down.

Listen to me now:

When they take you out of the village you will pass through Syuleyman's bridge.

My first request is to jump into the river.

The water will take you away. You may drown,

but you may yet survive.

- Will you remember this, son? - I will remember, dad.

My second request: If you can not jump off the bridge,

further down where the road gets narrower, jump off the cliff.

Once a girl jumped off that very same cliff to save herself from her pursuers.

If a girl can do it - so can you.

- Will you remember this, my son? - Yes, dad.

What about the third request?

If you can't manage to jump off the bridge or off the cliff,

when you reach the top of the hill stop and turn around.

As if you want to see Elindenya one more time before you go.

Turn around, so that you face the stone crosses.

I will be hidden in the graveyard and I will shoot you straight in the heart.

Should I falter and miss, stand still and wait.

- Can you do this, son? - I will, dad.

- Swear on it! - I swear.

Father, say Amen!

What are you thinking about?

There is an endless abyss.

They say it leads all the way to Hell.

No one has been there and back alive.

How do you know this?

Something is wrong.

I don't like this place.

They can kill us in our sleep.

You think we would have been better off in the village?

You have your guards. Guard us!

Sevda, what are you doing here?

What's the matter?

You go, Father. I will catch up with you.

What's wrong, Sevda?

I can't go on alone, Manol.

Goran is crazy for you? Why don't you give him a chance?

My heart is not set on him.

I know it is a sin,

but after I lost my husband, all I can think of is you.

I have been waiting for you to notice me for so long and I will wait longer if I have to.

You are alone too...

Now that 3 years have passed after your wife...

I will take care of Mircho too, I will be like a mother to him.

Take me!

Coffee?

Mehmed Kyupyurluil put a ban on coffee.

The old Mehmed Kyupyurluil,

may he rest in peace, put a ban on coffee.

But his son, the present Grand Vezir, praise his name,

lifted the ban.

Go!

A day doesn't go by that I don't think of the Grand Vezir.

Let me show you the sword he gave me at Velgrad,

when the Enichars rebelled.

I killed the first one to rise a hand against him.

And yet you are still alive?

Where were the comrades of that Enichar?

They were with him. I killed them too.

You helped him then, you will help him now.

The Grand Vezir is outside the walls of Candia in deadly combat with the infidels.

The battle for the Rhodopes is a battle for Candia.

The battle for Candia, is a battle for the future of the Empire.

Syuleyman, if we are to win,

this mountain must forget the word Bulgarian.

When he sent me here, The Grand Vezir told me:

The Rhodopes are fortress, and when you leave and look back

all you must see is minarets and not even one cross.

Only then will that fortress be ours.

And the Master of the Enichars said...

The Master of Enichars -

we go a long way back together. All the way back to the Persian Expedition.

When he was here hunting, he gave me these silver pistols.

And the Padishah, conqueror of all, gave me a golden bow,

because I shot a bear from 100 paces. The bow!

Show it to me later. I can see you have many gifts to show.

The Padishah, praise his name,

if he saw in Istanbul, may Allah let us spend our days there,

an infidel with colourful clothes, he beheaded him immediately.

And what my eyes saw in this valley?!

Women dressed as if on a wedding - decorated, all in white and red,

and i never saw even one of them wearing a veil.

And what were those bells when we entered the valley?

It is writen: the infidels are only allowed a 'klepalo'!

Enough!

When I leave there won't be any infidels.

Master, did you read the letters?

- I did. - Tell me then,

how will you aid me in my task?

How can I aid you, Master?

The beleivers here are few, and many of their fathers are still infidels.

For example my imam - his name is Hasan, son of Velko. He is an imam and his father - infidel.

And then, the shepherds from the White Sea are coming back these days,

all armed with bows and arrows.

Who allowed them to carry weapons?

An infidel mustn't carry a knife let alone a bow.

It is for the bears and the wolfs, imam. How can shepherds walk the woods unarmed?

- When will they arrive? - Some of them are already here.

The rest - tomorrow.

- We are too late! - We are just in time. I knew when they would arrive.

Master, I want you to gather the elite, I want to see them.

There is no elite here, they are all slaves.

There is no village without an elite. I want the ones whose word is respected.

I will see what I can do.

But while they are in here, I won't allow any harm to come to them.

They will be my guests.

It will be so... while they are your guests.

Master, the Mistress asked for you.

I am Gyulfeeyeh, Syuleyman's wife.

- What is your name? - Abdulah.

- I can see you are a foreginer. - Yes. I was captured at Candia.

And you put a turban?

Yes. There wasn't a big choice of hats. The once who rejected lost their heads.

You got scared?

I am more fond of my head, than of my hat.

Why don't you run away, go back to your people?

Same reason. My people won't forgive me for changing my religion.

And now I serve the Padishah.

I am a nobleman and I keep my word. My family is one of the most prominent in Venice.

- You don't beleive me? - Sure I do.

I have seen all kinds of people. We had a man who claimed he was Mohamed himself.

What's stopping you to say you are the King himself? Nothing.

These days, it's popular to be mad.

Sit down. Why are you still standing?

Sit down.

Help yourself. Around here, this is the food for both masters and slaves.

Your master, what is he like? I look at him and I can't beleive he is just a simple soldier.

He is a soldier.

Soldier or not - he is a brave man. To go out in the valley only with you at his side.

- And what type of women does he like? - Pretty ones.

Just like me then.

Mama mia! Why do you eat so much?

I am bored. I have but a few joys around here.

That's all i have left - food and marijuana.

- And you? What type of women do you like? - Me?

- What?

- No... no. - Alright. Go on. Eat eat.

What was that?

Let me go! Let me go! Let me go!

Mercy, Master Syuleyman! Mercy! I will be grateful forever!

No! Please don't! No!

What's going on down there?

A trial. They will put him in a sack and toss the sack into river.

Why? What has he done?

He was being naughty with a girl at the spring. Put his hand under her blouse.

- And they will kill him for this? - That's the way it goes around here.

What about where you come from? There is no trial for this?

If we killed for this sort of thing, we would have no army.

Quick - milk, bread!

Where do you come from, old woman?

We are all from different villages, my son. We are from Chepino.

This is all that is left of Chepino. They burnt the houses, knocked down the churches,

killed young and old, everyone who would not change his religion.

What is this?

Where are they taking these grave stones?

They are moving their graveyard. That's all they have managed to save.