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Le dernier seigneur des Balkans (2005– )
TV Mini-series | 90 min | History

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Le dernier seigneur des Balkans (2005– )

TV Mini-series | 90 min | History

A half century of history in the Balkans is dramatized in this 4 part miniseries of 360 minutes total duration. Episode 1 takes us from the 1890s to 1914. In 1892, the Ottoman Empire is being threatened by patriotic nationalists. In ...See moreA half century of history in the Balkans is dramatized in this 4 part miniseries of 360 minutes total duration. Episode 1 takes us from the 1890s to 1914. In 1892, the Ottoman Empire is being threatened by patriotic nationalists. In Goricka, the lord of the region celebrates the birth of his heir, Zufikar, receiving the name of the prestigious family's founder. The boy is brought up regally, and graduates from the University of Salonika (at the time Turkish). There he befriends a young Greeek, Takis. Zufikar then returns home, where he again meets Esma, the mill owner's daughter, a childhood acquaintance. Passion erupts between "Z" and Esma. Disagreeing over Esma's sense of virtue, "Z" leaves her without knowing she is carrying his child. Alone and abandoned, Esma marries the coach driver Mustafa, to avoid the disgrace of being a single mother. "Z", in an attempt to forget Esma marries Myriam, a Jewish refugee from Salonika In Episode 2, World War II erupts in the Balkans, then extends all over Europe. In the Balkans however, War continues until the early 20's, when Turkey definitely loses its European territories, and Albania, Yugoslavia and a new larger Greece are all created, including Salonika whose Turkish (Muslim) population is resettled in Turkey proper. Now in Albania (and in Episode 3), "Z", a follower of Zog, the Prime Minister, is elected Deputy of Albania. Esma and Hikmet live near him. "Z" and his son (with Esma) still don't know about their bond. Meanwhile, Suleyman decides to live in Goricka, with Hikmet. Years pass and Zog proclaims himself King of Albania, while young Rasit becomes an active communist. In Goricka, Suleyman marries Pembé, Hikmet's daughter. Then in 1939, Mussolini invades Albania and "Z" is arrested for refusing to collaborate with the Fascist occupation. Rasit again joins other communists and partisans in the underground struggle against the Fascist Italians and Germans. Then in 1940, certain of an easy victory, Italy attacks Greece. This leads us on to Episode 4 which covers 1943 to 1950. In Albania, "Z" and Esma have gone underground. Hikmet is killed, while Suleyman and his young daughter are deported to a German camp. In Goricka, Pembé -persuaded she would never again see her husband and daughter, falls in love with Dimitri, a young partisan with whom she shares a passionate relationship. Escaping from the Germans, "Z" finds refuge with a former mistress. But, for his refusal to her advances, she betrays him revealing the whereabouts of the refugees to the enemy. When "Z" comes back to Bilisté, he finds devastation. Additionally, communists have seized power in Albania and "Z"'s lands and holdings have all been confiscated. He himself is sent away to "Re-education" in a collective farm. Suleyman makes it back to Goricka to discover the fate of his family members. Soviet-supported communism takes hold of all the Balkans, not counting Greece which rid itself of communist threats after a bloody civil war. Written by Gonz30 See less

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37 cast members

Name	Episodes	Known for
Arnaud Binard Zulfikar Bey Zulfikar Bey See fewer	4	Modern Family (2009)
Tasos Nousias King Zog of Albania King Zog of Albania See fewer	4	Truants (1996)
Mélisandre Meertens Esma Esma See fewer	4	The Hospital (2007)
Bogumil Atanasov Riza bey Riza bey See fewer	4	13ta godenitsa na printsa (1987)
Michaël Cohen Suleyman Suleyman See fewer	4	It Begins with the End (2010)
Stratos Tzortzoglou Takis Takis See fewer	4	The Bachelor (1997)
Vagelis Rokos Hikmet Hikmet See fewer	4	Apnea (2010)
Candela Fernández Myriam Myriam See fewer	4	Timecrimes (2007)
Mihalis Giannatos Chevket Chevket See fewer	4	Midnight Express (1978)
Svetoslav Kamenov Young Rasit Young Rasit See fewer	4	Pradedi i pravnutzi (1983)
Mathieu Delarive Rasit Rasit See fewer	4	Les bleus: premiers pas dans la police (2006)
Constantina Alimonou Angelica Angelica See fewer	4	Nel profondo paese straniero (1997)
Maria Kavardjikova Saliha Hanim Saliha Hanim See fewer	4	Darvoto na jivota (2013)
Michael Cohen Suleyman - Adult Suleyman - Adult See fewer	4	Body Snatchers (1993)
Marios Iordanou Dimitri Dimitri See fewer	4	The Secret of Theseus (2014)
Marilita Lambropoulou Pembe Pembe See fewer	4	Erotas me epidotisi O.G.A. (2005)
Eva de Luis Vera Vera See fewer	4	Azul de niño
Nikolai Urumov Orhan Bei Orhan Bei See fewer	4	The World is Big and Salvation Lurks Around the Corner (2008)
Petya Silyanova Hamza Hamza See fewer	4	In Hell (2003)
Yorgos Chraniotis Mustafa Mustafa See fewer	4	Liza and All the Others (2003)
Ivan Petrushinov Yakup Aga Yakup Aga See fewer	4	The Code (2009)
Sasho Raychev Frach Officer Frach Officer See fewer	4	Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022)
Zdravets Zdravchev Rustic Rustic See fewer	2	The Winner 3D (2013)
Svezhen Mladenov Officer from the Camp of Constantine the King of Greece - Thessaloniki Region Officer from the Camp of Constantine the King of Greece - Thessaloniki Region See fewer	1	Hitman (I) (2007)
Radina Kardjilova Nadire Nadire See fewer	1	Universal Soldier: Regeneration (2009)
Ivan Panev The party secretary The party secretary See fewer	1	Out of Season (I) (2022)
Yosif Kambarev Omer (2005) Omer (2005) See fewer		Tilt (II) (2010)
Nacho Fresneda Dino Rispoli Dino Rispoli See fewer		The Ministry of Time (2015)
Alexander Sano Omer Omer See fewer		Gomorrah (2014)
Eleni Filini Actress Actress See fewer		Commandos and Dragons (2021)
Aleksandar Aleksiev Young Zulfikar Bey Young Zulfikar Bey See fewer		I Spit on Your Grave 2 (2013)
Petar Popyordanov Enver Hoxha Enver Hoxha See fewer		Granitza (1994)
Ignasi Vidal Necit Kahya Necit Kahya See fewer		The Plan (2019)
Tzvetan Alexiev Halil Halil See fewer		Zift (2008)
Xavi Lite Dusan Dusan See fewer		Hombre cero (2008)
Sylvia Lultchev Osanna Osanna See fewer		The Fourth Kind (2009)
Juliette Fleur Young Esma Young Esma See fewer		Étrangère (2002)