To the Hilt: Story from the Wild East (Macedonian: До балчак - Приказна од дивиот исток) is a 2014 Macedonian action-adventure western style film directed by Stole Popov. The film takes place in Ottoman ruled Macedonia. The filming started in May, 2012 and scenes were shot in Bitola, Ohrid, Skopje, Demir Hisar, Štip and Prilep. It premiered in Skopje, in October 2014
It was selected as the Macedonian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards, but was not nominated.Synopsis
Macedonia, a small country in the heart of the Balkans, is five hundred years under the Turkish yoke. The action takes place in the bloody post-revolutionary period after 1903, more precisely in the first decade of the 20th century.
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