in front of Spase and the bullet kills her immediately. Furious and heartbroken, all the villagers rise against the Turks in a heated armed conflict with a lot of victims. Spase and the bey fight with each other, and the former kills the bey by hitting him with a rock on the head and running away to join the rebel band Komitadji to fight against the Ottoman rule in the region. The film ends with the villagers mourning and burying Cveta. Cast Background and production Macedonian Blood Wedding is a film adaptation of the eponymous play by Voydan Chernodrinski first published and shown in theaters in Sofia, Bulgaria in 1900. This book is considered one of the most important works in Macedonian literature in North Macedonia. The film takes place in the second half of the 19th century, a period during which North Macedonia was still under the rule of the Ottoman Empire and local Slavic population was subjected to Islamization and oppression. It is set in the period of the empire being in a state of anarchy, during which the Turks widely terrorized the population. As such, both the original play and the film's main topic are the unbearable life of the Macedonian population. Macedonian Blood Wedding marked Popov's directorial debut. It was released through the production company Vardar Film which also released the first-ever Macedonian film Frosina (1952). Filming took place in several cities in then SR Macedonia including Bitola, Tetovo as well as the production company's studios in the country's capital Skopje. The film was shown in Ohrid in early June 1968. The music score for the film was written by Kiril Makedonski and was performed by the Slovenian filharmonia. Awards Following the film's screening at the Croatian Pula Film Festival in 1968, Nikola Lazarevski received a Golden Arena for Best Production Design. The following year, the film received a Golden award with Lenin's face to honor its success in the Soviet Union. See also Macedonian Blood Wedding List of Macedonian films List of Yugoslavian films Cinema of North Macedonia References External links Macedonia Blood Wedding at the Macedonian Cinema Information Center Macedonian drama films Macedonian-language films Yugoslav drama films 1967 films