The Goat Horn (1972)

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Country: Bulgaria
Genres: Drama
Release: 1972-02-14
Director: Metodi Andonov
Writers: Nikolai Haitov
Language: Bulgarian
Stars: Katya Paskaleva , Anton Gorchev , Milen Penev , Todor Kolev , Kliment Denchev , Stefan Mavrodiyev , Nevena Andonova , Marin Yanev , Krasimira Petrova , Ivan Obretenov
Runtime: 105 min
Awards: 5 wins & 1 nomination
AKA: O Corno de Cabra (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , 炎のマリア (Japan) , Pukin sarvi (Finland) , Козий рог , Kozji rog , Cuerno de cabra (Argentina) , Kozji rog (Serbia) , Kozji rog , Cornul de capra (Romania) , The Goat Horn , The Goat Horn (United States of America) , Kozji rog (Slovenia) , Kozi róg (Poland) , Kozji rog , Das Ziegenhorn , Cuerno de cabra (Mexico) , Kozji rog (Croatia) , Koziyat rog , Honoo no Maria (Japan) , La corne de chèvre (France, French Republic) , Yagi no tsuno (Japan) , Kecskeszarv (Hungary) , Keçi Boynuzu (Turkey) , Козият рог (Bulgaria) , Cuerno de cabra (Spain) , Το κέρατο της κατσίκας (Greece)
Plot: The film sends us to the 17th century when Bulgaria was a part of the Ottoman Empire. Four hoodlums break into the house of the shepherd Karaivan, raping and killing his wife in full view of their little girl, Maria. Karaivan decides to take the law into his own hands and becomes enslaved by his violent wish for revenge. He burns their house with his wife's body inside and abandons the gentle life they had shared, choosing instead to take his daughter to live in a rough hut high in the hills. He raises Maria as a boy, training her to fight so that she can kill in cold blood and help her father avenge her mother's murder. Nine years pass before the two locate and kill three of the four perpetrators. At each body they leave a goat horn as the symbol of their revenge. While on a mission to kill the last one at his rich oriental house, Maria becomes the unwitting witness of a love scene and change comes over her. Now, from time to time she secretly dons a beautiful women dress and exults in her newly found femininity. She falls in love with young shepherd and the hate begins to melt from her heart. When Karaivan discovers the change that is taking place in her it is already late. He tries to bring Maria back to him and their life of revenge, with disastrous results.
IMDB:tt0068814