Heroes of Shipka

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BulgariaLanguagesRussian
Bulgarian

Geroite na Shipka (Bulgarian: Героите на Шипка; Russian: Герои Шипки, Geroi Shipki; in English: Shipka heroes; US title: Heroes of Shipka) is a 1955 Soviet Union/Bulgarian co-production historical drama film. It tells the story of the famous Battle of Shipka Pass during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–78. The production companies behind the film are Boyana Film, Bulgar Film and Lenfilm.

The film won the Best Director Award at the 1955 Cannes Film Festival.^[1]

Cast

• Ivan Pereverzev as Katorgin
• Viktor Avdyushko as Osnobishin
• Georgi Yumatov as Cossack Sashko Kozir
• Konstantin Sorokin as Makar Lizyuta
• Petko Karlukovsky as Borimechkata
• Apostol Karamitev as Petka
• Anatoli Alekseyev as Timofei
• Yevgeny Samoylov as Gen. Skobelev
• Aleksandr Smirnov as Strukov
• Nikolai Massalitinov as Gorchakov
• Nikolai Simonov as Otto von Bismarck
• Bruno Freindlich as Gyula Andrássy
• Stefan Pejchev as Panayot
• Zheni Bozhinova as Boyka
• Katya Chukova as Ionka
• Vladimir Taskin as Benjamin Disraeli
• Dako Dakovski as Sultan Abdul Hamid II
• Konstantin Kisimov as Suleiman Pasha
• Encho Tagarov as Osman Pasha
• Vladimir Chobur as Stoletov
• Sergei Papov as Iosif Gurko
• Gancho Ganchev as Dukmasov

Crew

• Original Music:

Nikolai Kryukov

Filip Kutev

• Cinematography:

Mikhail Kirillov

• Film Editing

Yelena Bazhenova

• Production Design

Mikhail Bogdanov

Gennady Myasnikov

Georgi-Dzhon Popov

• Costume Design

Nevena Baltova

Pepa Misirkova

Yevgenia Slovtsova

• Makeup

Vasili Goryunov

• Sound Department

Boris Antonov

Aleksandr Babij

Kuzman Shopov

References

External links

• Heroes of Shipka at IMDb