The Goat Horn
1972 film
- 5 October 1972 (1972-10-05)
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The Goat Horn (Bulgarian: Козият рог, translit. Koziyat rog) is a 1972 Bulgarian drama film directed by Metodi Andonov, starring Anton Gorchev and Katya Paskaleva.[1] The film is set in 17th Century Bulgaria where Kara Ivan's wife is raped and killed by four local Ottoman feudal masters. Having disguised his daughter as a boy, and trained her in the masculine art of warfare over a period of ten years, they set out to take revenge.
The film won a Special Prize of the Jury at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.[2] The Goat Horn was selected as the Bulgarian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 45th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.[3]
Cast
- Katya Paskaleva as Maria
- Anton Gorchev as Kara Ivan
- Milen Penev as The sheep herder
- Todor Kolev as Deli
- Kliment Denchev as Turkish man
- Stefan Mavrodiyev as Mustafa
- Nevena Andonova as Maria (as a child)
- Marin Yanev as Rapist
- Krasimira Petrova as Mustafa's lover
Reception
According to the Spanish journalist Moncho Alpuente,[4] due to the sexual repression in Francoist Spain, arthouse cinemas were frequented by people expecting to watch more skin than what censorship allowed in commercial theaters. As a result, The Goat Horn was a box-office hit in Spain since the censorship board had allowed sexual scenes.
See also
- List of submissions to the 45th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of Bulgarian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References
- ^ "The Goat Horn". mubi.com. Retrieved 30 November 2011.
- ^ Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 1972
- ^ Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
- ^ (in Spanish) 100 españoles y el sexo, quoted in La película erótica que burló la censura sexual del franquismo, Henrique Mariño, Público, 24 April 2017.
External links
- The Goat Horn at IMDb
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