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VARDAR FILM presents

THE REPUBLIC IN FLAMES

SCREENPLAY J. BOSHKOVSKI, LJ. GEORGIEVSKI,

DRAGI KOSTOVSKI. RISTO SHISHKOV

DRAGOMIR FELBA, ILIJA DZHUVALEKOVSKI

PETRE PRLICHKO, VUKAN DINEVSKI

IRENA PROSEN, YELENA ZHIGON

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY BRANKO MIHAJLOVSKI

DIRECTED BY LJUBISHA GEORGIEVSKI

On August 2. 1903. The Macedonian people

has risen against the rule of the Ottoman Empire.

The greatest victory of the freedom fighters

was the Krushevo Republic, a brotherly federation

of several nationalities. This film is about the 10 days

of the first Balkan Republic "It was small, but the concept

made the Krushevo Republic magnificent.

The first Macedonian llinden was followed by bloody years

of suffering. Another llinden will follow, but victorious,

and it will bring freedom. The second llinden is coming. "

Dimo Hadzhi Dimov, "The Feast of St. Elijah"

So, the governor of Bitola thinks we should

beware of Moscow if we cut too deep?

Yes, Lord Yaya. And the other European hyenas also.

They will get excited if they smell a carcass.

They are howling around the sick on at Bosphorus.

They are mistaken.

The Osmanly is sick only in Macedonia.

However, he has always known the best cure for it.

Letting of blood.

Of course, the Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation

is giving signs to the European thrones.

The Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation

is ally to no one, really. Because it says to everyone

Macedonia belongs to the Macedonians.

The proud restaurant owner Pitu Guli is enough for me.

- He's damn angry infidel. - You have a good eye, Zeynel.

There have always been rebels like him.

But, the Empire hasn't fallen because of them.

The snake hides in another place.

In the head of Nikola Karev, the teacher.

He's waving with some Communist Manifest,

and boasting with some German King Marko...

This is the last capsule from the ones we got from Greece.

But the officer Hristo told me how capsules are made.

- Let's finish them right away. - You may have it your way.

Your tax collectors are enough for that neighbourhood.

While you, Zeynel and your guards, you will start...

with Pitu Guli's restaurant. I want the heads of the men!

You seem angry, thunder-bearer.

Or my weak eyes fool me. Don't be angry.

Forgive the people that didn't come today,

on the Feast of St. Elijah, to worship you in Church.

Today, the people are in the mountains, in the fields,

under the earth, and above the earth.

They pray to you to shake the skies and the earth

the way only you can.

I give my solemn oath that I will fight

will all my strength for the freedom of Macedonia.

And I will give my life, if it's necessary,

in the struggle for the zeal of the Organisation.

Let me be killed by this gun and this knife that I kiss

if I break my sacred oath.

Either freedom, or death.

Either freedom, or death.

Either freedom, or death.

Hurry, shoot from the windows.

Stop shooting, I'll talk with the commander.

If we charge with greater force, we'll disperse them.

The best men will be killed for nothing.

You won't have time to regret you believed the Turks.

Grandpa, stop tolling.

We have overcome the Turks. Come and see.

- I don't see anything. - Lord Alli!

I want to see the commander, Lord Alli!

Lord Suleyman, there is no escape for you.

- Stop shooting. Stop it! - Your lives will be spared.

- Surrender... - I am an officer of the Sultan's army.

- I don't surrender to rebels. - You won't lose your honour.

If you surrender to the Macedonian army.

Listen to me, you restaurant owner. Go back home...

and don't make demands with bare hands.

Turkish motherfuckers.

They are shooting again, Grandpa.

The people are shooting, the freedom is hidden...

deep under the ground, you need a lot of shooting

for it to hear you.

- So the bloodshed's begun. - Yes, it's begun.

God knows when will it stop.

Have you filled it with oil?

Sprinkle it all around the building, we'll set it on fire.

Give me the torch!

Follow me!

We'll get away through the ravine.

Come on everybody, sing!

Come on, sing! This will not happen again!

We've became men!

Darkness behind us, in front of us...

God knows what! Let's drink!

I want to say just one thing.

The Republic, the form of government that you,

the representatives of the people, have chosen,

is an ideal for all the freedom loving peoples.

A Republic here, in the Balkans,

where the ruthless Empire of the Sultan rules,

as well as the Monarchies that oppress their peoples,

can be only an example to all the enslaved people.

We'll all be equal before the law.

I'm happy I'm part of this small people...

and that I'm a contemporary of these fateful events.

May our freedom and our Republic be eternal.

For many years to come!

Let the members of the temporary government

led by Dinu Vangel, go on with their work.

Members of the Temporary Government, please,

take your seats.

Secretary and representative for Requisition, George Chavche.

Treasurer, Teochar Neshkov.

Governor of the city and police representative,

Hristo Kjurchiev.

Representative for food and production, Dimitar Sekulov.

Representative for the Sanitary Services,

Nikola Palju.

We can expect the Turks to try to conquer Krushevo.

Our units hold all the roads in.

- We shall reject any attack. - That's not enough. - Exactly.

We should neutralise the Turkish villages.

Listen. Let me calm them down with my unit.

There is another way. We could win them...

- to be with us. - The Turks understand nothing but force.

We'll write a proclamation and send it to the villages.

Hristo, write it down.

Brothers and compatriots.

We, your eternal neighbours,

disregarding the faith and nationality,

being fed up with tyranny, have raised our heads,

and we decided to defend ourselves with arms...

from all the enemies ours, as well as yours,

and to gain freedom.

- Speak! - All of Macedonia has risen.

Neveska and Klisura are free. There are battles everywhere.

A message from the headquarters.

Sarafov says that the attack on Bitola is impossible...

because of military reasons. So it has been delayed.

Several of our villages have been burnt.

Deceit!

Stay calm, Pitu!

Shameful betrayal. It will be harder for Macedonia...

to get rid of Sarafov, than of the Empire.

Sarafov is the banker of our fight.

- But we're no adventurers. - Then...

why have we risen unprepared?

You all know my opinion about the rebellion.

I was voted against at the Congress in Smilevo.

This means that Sarafov waits for the Bulgarian guns.

Maybe that's the solution for Macedonia.

That's the solution for the Koburg dynasty

and the traitors. Macedonia needs to decide by herself.

Those who can't win their own freedom,

don't have the right to claim it!

We don't stand a chance alone.

- That's an adventure! - That's betrayal.

So, the rebellion needs to turn against the traitors,

and after that, against the Empire.

We'll reject them for a day or two.

Maybe three. Only if Bulgaria declares war on Turkey...

But who will throw away the Bulgarians...

if we let them "help" us? If they start helping...

others will join in. Many others.

And Macedonia will eternally be "liberated" by someone.

- Liberated too much! - So, what now?

Nothing. We'll threaten the world, even for a moment!

This is where we'll pick the fruits of revolution!

By ourselves?

- Without any permission? - By ourselves.

If we're to die, we'll chose our own death.

That's right, Pitu. We'll die our own way.

Hristo, write this down. We haven't raised arms...

against you. We aren't set on killing and robbing.

We emphasise with you as our brothers,

because we understand that you're slave like us,

slaves to the rich and the powerful.

Join us, brothers, to defeat the enemy that is common to us.

Join us under the flag of autonomous Macedonia.

Everyone is here, except the army commander

and those who didn't want to surrender.

Teacher, why have you chained us?

We're not soldiers, we're merely officers of the Empire.

- What do you intend to do with us? - You're captives.

When the slave captures the master,

the faith is decided by a knife.

You will be prosecuted by a court.

Those found not guilty will be set free.

- Death to the oppressors! - Calm down, men!

Death! Hang them!

- Long live Nikola Karev! - Long live!

We don't want revenge, but we don't forgive either.

We are sworn to the ideals of justice...

and we will judge according to its laws.

Long live Macedonia!

Long live the freedom!

Long live Pitu Guli!

Listen, give me the one with the bare head.

- Let me judge him! - We will all judge him.

Give him to me, I beg you.

Just him.

You don't know how much he has burnt me.

- Let me judge him! - It is not possible, Chavche.

- Go away. - Give him to me!

- They are coming. - We'll ambush them.

Leave the leader to me.

Damn you.

Come to your senses, Lord Alli.

You don't have much time.

- Why didn't you kill me? - You are strong-headed.

And I wanted to return a debt to you. Come on.

- Let me send them to Allah. - Let us wait for the voyvoda.

I wanted to see you leading the thieves.

I had to find a way to reach my people.

So you're not a leader of those home burners.

You wouldn't believe me even if I told you.

All right, the captives will tell...

What kind of soldier are you. - Why don't you kill me now?

It would be better you took my head on your horse.

And boasted with it then leading me alive and naked.

- Without a uniform. - Don't worry.

We'll kill you but lawfully and orderly.

I told you, we're no bandits. We fight for the freedom

of Macedonia. - If I believe you, I'll die in wonder...

I would've died in wonder too, when you shot at me...

during our negotiations. - I wanted to scare you.

- Otherwise I would killed you. - That's why.

I spared you, I want to lead you naked through Krushevo,

otherwise, I would've killed you there.

We captured these alive, voyvoda.

You there! Do you know what awaits you?

- Mercy, my lord, we have wronged. - Tell me...

did Lord Suleyman lead you? If you lie to me,

you'll lay here stinking, without a grave,

not even your Allah would want to see you. Speak!

He was leading us, my lord.

He ordered us to burn the village.

To hell with them.

They were lying, Lord Alli, didn't they?

- Let's say, they did. - We did say it.

It was obvious they were lying.

We'll deal with you according to the law.

Tie him up, and mount up your horses.

- I heard something over there. - Stop scaring me.

You are not made for a rebel.

It's easy for you. You're not from around here.

You have no children, no family.

And me, I can't see neither my wife, nor the children.

Come on, it's mostly the wife you miss, don't you?

- There it is again! - Sit still and be quiet!

Damn them. I have to stay awake because of them.

I would slit their throats, if it were permitted.

And I would help you with it.

Yes, but the headquarters says otherwise.

- What is this? - What? - Are you deaf?

I hear nothing.

Why didn't you say so? I'm deaf, too!

Heroes, you proclamation to our compatriots interests me.

We mistook you for a bandits.

Your aim is great and your struggle is thought-out.

I acclaim you.

Let us go to that terrible and glorious way,

through which all the nations achieved their freedom...

praying to the great Allah to protect the right side,

I ask for two things. Don't leave me naked.

Send for my clothes that are left in the barracks...

you attacked so bravely. And destroy this letter.

Commander of the Krushevo garrison,

lieutenant Suleyman Alli.

Did you really write this letter, Lord Suleyman?

Yes, I did.

What was the purpose of this letter?

And have you stated your real opinion of the rebellion?

The purpose of the letter was to plead for my uniform.

About my opinion of your rebellion,

stated in the letter, I wrote. It is more of a courteousness,

- but it reflects my conviction. - Betrayal!

Grand treason in the middle of the Empire!

You want to save yourself both from them and from us!

- You, deceitful dog. - Stay up, Lord Yaya!

This is no longer your Empire,

this is the Krushevo Republic.

- Continue. - It is clear to me that I deserve the punishment...

both from you and from the Empire,

which regretfully will outlive you.

Was lieutenant Suleyman a member of the secret committee?

- He was, but... - But what?

- They didn't trust him much. - What about you? - Me...

I'm a poor, simple minded man. Takju Vale told me that.

We should all contribute to the destruction of Macedonians.

And when the Greeks come, I would get a high office.

Please, forgive me.

The Court of the Krushevo rebels, having in mind

the proven existence of a secret committee

for liquidation of the Revolutionary Organisation

in Krushevo, sentences to death...

the director of the Post Office, Lord Yaya,

the Police Chief Djemail-bay,

the police officer Zeynal-chauch,

the police agent Ayredin Assan,

and the spy Takju Vale. The accused Abdula Tekjinec,

Islamised Gypsy, is sentenced to life expatriation

from Krushevo. In case we catch him around here again,

- he will be shot at the spot. - I will run away, I'll run!

The Court appreciates the fact

that the accused Turkish officer, Suleyman Alli

resents deeply all the evil done by the Turkish authorities.

His honesty and sympathy for the ideas

for democratic renewal of Turkey. Therefor,

he is acquitted and recommends he is considered

a citizen of the Krushevo Republic with all the rights.

Step out, Lord Alli.

The sentence will be carried out immediately.

Fire!

Good day.

You don't know me. I am Tashku Gjonda.

I was born in Krushevo, but I left a long time ago.

- Have a seat. - Thank you.

- Congratulations for the republic. - Thank you.

The first Balkan Republic, at the very centre

of the Ottoman Empire. Will you hold it? - What?

The Republic. The freedom.

If we had the strength to gain it, we'll hold it.

May God help.

Once you've started chopping heads off, you're a state.

Yes. But beware of the poison of power, Mr. Karev.

- Do you have any other advice? - No, I'm just like you,

forgive me, a former Turkish subject,

I hold a Turkish passport.

You know how it is. I don't have and I don't want to have...

anything to do with this. I want guarantees

- for my safety. - I can't guarantee anything to anyone.

- You should chose for yourself, will you stay or... - Or what?

You can leave the city whenever you like.

- We'll issue a pass for you. - Wait, I don' want to leave.

In that case, whatever happens to you

- is your responsibility alone. - So, that's the way it is.

Nice. So everyone for themselves, huh?

That's the way it goes.

- Thank you, Mr. President. - Good bye.

Brothers and sisters, citizens of Krushevo,

dear rebels from all of Macedonia.

Today is the 7th day since the flag of our free Republic

wafts high.

At this hour, let us dedicate our thoughts

to those who have laid their lives for freedom.

They are not dead, they'll live in us.

And in those who will come after us,

in happier time for which we give our lives.

- Glory to the fallen - Glory to them.

Brothers!

Our struggle in which we'll all die, is sacred.

Our cause must win one day.

The earth will receive us one day.

We need more leaders. This service is not

for the dead only, but also for those

who will die soon. This service is for all of us.

Let us say goodbye with the last song.

Memory eternal...

- What is happening here? - We are fortifying.

- I prayed for you. - This is no time for praying,

- but for swearing. - Is it that bad?

Talk to me! You'll feel better.

I have learned that Sarafov and the others also,

are angry because we created a Republic.

They accuse us of imposing our will.

What about the will of the people?

The people in every state and in every revolution,

sooner or later becomes nothing more than people.

No, I don't recognize you. You're not like this.

No, my dear, seems like there is more of me

than it should. And I can't frame myself.

The frames they make for me are too tight.

Do you remember what you told me?

- The laws of history... - It seems to me that...

our history will become a twisted ankle

that is bound to hurt more. - Look, Grandpa it's him.

- Who, my child? - Nikola Karev, the teacher.

The tsar of Krushevo and of Macedonia.

Wait a minute.

The blind will regain their sight

in order to see the tsar of Macedonia.

- What's it, Grandpa? - Congratulations,

for your tsardome and for the freedom of the people.

I will tell you something. Have trust in this people.

You fight for them in church and in the earth. Let it be.

What's the church for? Is it for dying only?

Let it be so. -We will fight to the last generation.

For the people and for those Christian beauties

that we have to turn into forts.

I thank you, my son. Do you know me?

I know you. Be well.

And may you have a steady hand while you pass your art

to this child.

Stay well and healthy, Grandpa Doitchin.

Stay well, my son. May your way be blessed.

You have put sticks on your shoulders

and you think you can turn the world upside down.

Damn kids.

We have entered your home, consider it as an honour.

Don't insult us, otherwise...

What's going on? Who are these people? -Imagine...

they have decided I am to give them 50 golden coins.

Yeah, right.

- What do they need them for? - For defence of the Republic.

Right. -Why don't you give them what they want?

What do you mean? Should I be a partner to men...

who risk their lives? That's a lot of money. No way.

Wait a minute.

You've gone nuts!

- Wait. There's more than that in the bag. - Let's count.

Let me...

- This is not going to end like this... - Come on, count.

I'm counting, I'm counting.

Don't wave that paper in front of my nose.

The gun is ready, voyvoda. - Load it up.

Will you give those down there... A gun?

Easy, Chavche. We need one or two more.

Hit them between the eyes let it be heard far away.

Get back, someone might get hurt.

It has broken apart.

Doesn't matter. Now we know where we have mistaken.

We will put two rows of rings on the others.

Summon the voyvodas, and the members of the headquarters.

Go and place yourself somewhere. Thank you for this letter...

- May I know what is written in it? - Baktiyar-pasha...

demands our unconditional surrender.

He says, he would be merciful with us. Otherwise...

he says he'll set fire to the city.

Hurry up, find a shelter somewhere.

Hurry up! A long journey awaits us.

Wait a minute!

You stay here.

What do you think? Will we pass?

If we grease it, it will easy.

Yes, I know. Greasing is all they want.

Here, take these three golden coins.

Easy...

Go on, it's time for bed, my heroes.

Obey your mother...

Tomorrow I'll bring some leblebija and raisins.

Which Feast is it tomorrow, mother?

Hush. There is no Feast tomorrow.

Keep them well. If the Turks capture you,

give up on me. Say, I am a punk, whatever.

- Keep them alive. - To whom are you leaving us, master?

To Macedonia.

Fighting for the freedom of Macedonia,

an enslaved country...

Well, well you sing well.

You're no Turk. How is it possible, a Turk...

who sings well? A Macedonian song, no less!

Don't start again.

I am Turk and you are an infidel. So what?

It's too much for me!

No, you're no Turk. You can't be Turkish.

Why am I drinking with you for two days, then?

I am no Turk...

Nor a man...

Nor an officer.

And you're drinking with me

- 'cause you have no other drinking company. - Wrong.

I can drink by myself. I can even drink not.

I drink with you because we drink well together...

- And I like drinking with you. - If so...

drink, brother Chavche. Drink. Give us a bottle!

There is no more! We're closing.

We are doomed and you don't care a bit.

- Go away, there is no more! - Let me tell you something.

Fighting for freedom...

Is this possible? Not only I drink with a Turk,

but I told him we drink together well.

Don't spill the brandy, brother Chavche.

I'm not your brother, you Turkish dog!

If you want to play that way...

The Turkish and the Macedonian dogs bark the same.

Fighting for freedom...

As you know, the order from the headquarters is

to retreat without any losses.

They probably have a plan for further action.

Our aim us to preserve our strength,

and if possible, the people of Krushevo.

Please, constrain form questions now,

you'll find your answers some day with our death,

now or later. So let us be strong now.

When living is harder than dying.

Hristo, read the answer we prepared for Baktijar-pasha.

I ask you to comply with this answer.

We haven't risen in order to surrender.

We'll defend Krushevo �till the last drop of blood.

The Headquarters.

- Do you agree? - Tactically, it is a good move.

If they think we will fight, we'll get away more easily.

This is no tactical move.

This is the most sacred truth Kare,

I will defend Krushevo with y troops...

- until our last breath. - What about the order?

- Put it you know where! - Pitu, that's madness.

We have never lacked sanity we lack insanity.

Leave me alone with my insanity. Goodbye!

Leave Pitu to me. Go now!

- Do you have certain news? - The news that I bring...

can be trusted.

I have obtained them from our man in Krushevo.

- His name is Abdula Tekinec. - Speak.

There are 800 rebels, lightly-armed,

but very courageous and well trained.

They are grouped in several units.

A so-called voyvoda leads every unit.

Do we know what happened to our troops?

The garrison was destroyed in the first attack.

All our troops were captured, sentenced to death,

and executed three days ago. - What about the commander?

Seems like he was executed too.

He was a good officer. All of them executed...

Our retaliation will be fierce!

First, burn all the surrounding Christian villages.

Secondly, even if they surrender without fight,

I order them to be liquidated without mercy.

Yes, sir!

We have captured a man accompanied by a woman.

He says he wants to leave Krushevo. He has brought...

the bandit's answer.

They refuse to surrender. They will fight to the last.

All right. Tomorrow we'll attack with all our strength.

Artillery fire in advance for two hours. Do you understand?

We don't have sufficient information

about the enemy positions. Should we fire blindly?

Fire upon the houses, the city is their heart.

- Burn it to the ground! - Yes, sir!

- What are you waiting for? - What should we do...

- with the man and the woman? - Tie them and send them back

instead of an answer. Let them see what awaits them.

What's the matter now? You're afraid, aren't you?

You'll have your way tomorrow. All of Krushevo...

- will be yours for three days. - Thank you, lord pasha.

- But the woman is very pretty. - Do whatever you like.

Let your dogs smell some blood.

Unharness the oxen.

Harness him.

What is this? Men!

Let me go! I protest!

Let me go!

Run!

I said run!

Get down!

Vaka!

Please, no!

Damn woman. Why did I bring you here?

You attracted me like a magnet, damn you.

You wanted to have me. They had you.

They took you.

I deserve it, I do. Have no mercy, earth!

No I too, have been fed with rocks and dirt.

Vaka, Vaka, damn me.

You shouldn't have given them the gold.

Maybe it would have ended differently.

You have never been so heavy.

They have filled you with filth.

Damn their mothers.

Now you will give birth to a dragon.

Reason, reason...

The reason is just a shell, and life is all the rest...

You haven't face with the evil that's why you talk like that.

Rats were jumping in to my face in dark prison cell in Persia

for eight year. Even the death seems to me much more better.

I forbid you to die. To continue the battle you have to stay alive.

- If it's possible. - And if it's not?

The aim imposed by the common deed is more important than us.

There is no cause greater than man!

And here we have 10.000 innocent citizens,

- that you want us to leave. - We should leave.

Because of them. If we leave the city without resistance,

we will keep our strength, and there is a possibility

the Turks won't be so cruel to the people.

You speak as if you didn't know what the Turks are like.

How can you leave the people defenceless,

like sheep to the wolves. They trusted the Republic!

That was the risk of our insurrection. We have risen.

And we failed. What about you? Do you think you can save them

- with your sacrifice? - But the people and the Turks

will know how freedom is defended and killed for.

We all know that. Dying is the easiest thing to do,

but you want to make yourself a spiteful hero.

Brother Kare. If it is so, I know nothing anymore.

My mind has reached its limit.

We need to keep our strength to continue with the struggle.

What struggle, if we leave the one we started here?

There are other ways to continue the struggle.

Revolutions are not won quickly!

Do you really think so? Are those words yours?

That's the only thought I have now.

Without it, I can't breathe anymore.

- So that's your straw. - With that straw...

- this people will rise again! - That's right.

But many will drown until then. Let me drown, too.

So you leave me alone with men like those?

You should live, Kare. We'll need the educated.

Let your mind keep you alive.

Give me your hand, Kare.

If I give you my hand, sending you to Bear's Rock,

I'll despise myself forever. Why can't you understand?

If I retreat with you, I won't be able to forgive myself.

Obviously, we've started thinking differently.

- No, I tell you that we think the same. - So, you tell me...

- I should turn against the Organisation? - Why not?

There are two different organisations now.

They didn't create the Republic, we did.

Listen to me. You are the president of the Republic,

not some guy from some restaurant in Sofia.

Let me tell you, because we understand each other.

It is pointless for you to die here and now.

It is possible that someone wants to get rid of us now,

so we wouldn't be in their way later.

I don't understand. So, you think we were deceived...

with the call to arms. And now you want to obey

the same people that deceived us!

The mistake has taught me not to make it completely. -No!

I won't leave the Republic without a fight!

Our Republic cannot exist without the success

of the Insurrection as a whole! - But it existed!

And it shall exist! I owe it to the Republic. So do you.

I know it will be alive as long as this people exist.

They will bring it to light at some other time,

but that will not be a time decreed by others.

Don't you understand? Now is the time

for cleansing of the Organisation.

Maybe so. But it is too much for me. Sorry.

The Republic is the most sacred thing for me.

If the insurrection is a deception,

The Republic isn't. Even the dead may defend it!

No Pitu. If I let you die now, I'll be responsible

in the history. - The history is bullshit!

All kind of lazy asses will write the history,

for all kinds of interests.

I'm not going to the Bear's Rock for myself.

I don't think I am irreplaceable.

On the contrary. My example may give birth to many others

just like me. Even better than me.

Remember, Kare. This people has only one way out:

either death or freedom. Maybe just death.

Don't forget. I'm on your side even if I'm dead.

I'll keep on fighting together with you.

There is one last means.

I know. You can accuse me of insubordination

and carry out the sentence immediately.

Come on, shoot!

Your bullet is heavier than a thousand Turkish bullets.

Shoot already!

Here. You can also say I am a coward

and force me to come with you to the Bear's Rock.

More heavy words, teacher. No, you have to stay.

And find the traitor.

It is a great shame for you, Macedonia,

the others know you but you don't know yourself.

The smell of incense is too strong.

On your posts!

Fire!

Fire!

Run, my son. They are burning the city.

Here, take this cross, keep it well.

Run to the mountains. Our soldiers are there,

they will protect you. Run away. Run!

Damn you, Lord! Why did you let the thunder upon us?

May your Kingdom be destroyed, because you forgot

what justice is.

Even the Lord is against us.

And he took the flag and put the mark on it...

Why don't you ask me why did I drink Shaban's blood?

What is there to ask, bro? He has destroyed your home,

he has killed your father, your mother, your wife,

he had scared your child to death...

But it was Turkish blood. Your blood.

You're right.

My blood.

Here...

Drink it, brother Chavche, if you didn't drink enough.

- This is Turkish blood, also. - You're nuts.

What do you think of me? Maybe I'm drunken,

but I'm not bloodsucker.

Alli! Are you alive?

And I thought...

I thought you got bored with the brandy,

and you wanted to change the drink.

Come on, get up, you fool. Come on!

Hey, Chavche...

You were ruined by a Turk, but you befriended a Turk.

Damnation!

So, this is the answer of Baktiyar-pasha's.

Oh, Kare, how wrong you were.

- Take this man to Krushevo. - No, voyvoda.

Give me a gun, if you have one to spare.

- Don't leave me. - All right.

Take some men and bury her.

Let me hear a song!

Macedonia the others know you, but you don't know yourself.

Macedonia will be free, it will live in freedom.

We don't want gold, we don't want money,

we want freedom, human justice.

Macedonia will be free...

Attack!

Charge!

Attack!

Voyvoda, we are surrounded from all sides.

- We have no more bullets. - Are we the only ones left?

Take your hats off.

Load your guns.

Aim.

Fire.

Oh, Macedonia...

The battle is starting,

Up there, there in Krushevo,

Up on the Bear's Rock,

Up there in Krushevo, Up on the Bear's Rock...

Fire in honour of the heroes.

Fire!

Fire!

There was a fine hero,

There was a fine hero,

Pitu Guli...

There was a fine hero,

Pitu Guli...

The woman cry,

The children scream,

And blood is shed

Up on the Bear's Rock...

And blood is shed

Up on the Bear's Rock...

Pitu Guli has died with honour.

For our homeland,

For Macedonia.

Transcribed by mitbrille Karagarga@2013