Heroes of Shipka

Geroi Shipki
Geroite na Shipka – Original Bulgarian poster
Directed by	Sergei Vasilyev
Written by	Arkadi Perventsev
Starring	Ivan Pereverzev Apostol Karamitev
Music by	Petar Stupel, Nikolay Kryukov
Cinematography	Mihail Kirilov
Editing by	Yelena Bazhenova
Distributed by	Lenfilm
Release date(s)	25 February 1955 (USSR)
Running time	137 minutes
Country	Soviet Union / Bulgaria
Language	Russian / 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 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.

Cast

• Ivan Pereverzev - Katorgin
• Viktor Avdyushko - Osnobishin (as V. Avdyushko)
• Georgi Yumatov - Cossack Sashko Kozir
• Konstantin Sorokin - Makar Lizyuta
• Petko Karlukovsky
• Apostol Karamitev - Petka
• Anatoli Alekseyev - Timofei
• Yevgeni Samojlov - Gen. Skobolov
• Aleksandr Smirnov
• Nikolai Massalitinov - Gorchakov (as N. Massalitinov)
• Nikolai Simonov
• Bruno Freindlich
• Stefan Pejchev - Panayot
• Zheni Bozhinova - Boyka (as Ye. Bozhinova)
• Katya Chukova - Ionka (as K. Chukova)

Crew

• Original Music:

Nikolai Kryukov

Filip Kutev

• Cinematography:

Mikhail Kirillov

• Film Editing

Yelena Bazhenova

• Production Design

Mikhail Bogdanov

Gennadi Myasnikov

Georgi-Dzhon Popov

• Costume Design

Nevena Baltova

Pepa Misirkova

Yevgenia Slovtsova

• Makeup

Vasili Goryunov

• Sound Department

Boris Antonov

Aleksandr Babij

Kuzman Shopov

External links

• Heroes of Shipka at the Internet Movie Database