Heroes of Shipka explained

Geroi Shipki
Director:	Sergei Vasilyev
Starring:	Ivan Pereverzev Apostol Karamitev Viktor Avdyushko Georgi Yumatov
Music:	Petar Stupel, Nikolay Kryukov
Cinematography:	Mihail Kirilov
Editing:	Yelena Bazhenova
Distributor:	Lenfilm
Runtime:	137 minutes
Country:	Soviet Union Bulgaria
Language:	Russian Bulgarian

Geroite na Shipka (Bulgarian: Героите на Шипка|links=no; Russian: Герои Шипки|links=no, 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

• Cinematography:

Mikhail Kirillov

• Film Editing

Yelena Bazhenova

• Production Design

Georgi-Dzhon Popov

• Costume Design

Nevena Baltova

Pepa Misirkova

Yevgenia Slovtsova

• Makeup

Vasili Goryunov

• Sound Department

Boris Antonov

Aleksandr Babij

Kuzman Shopov

Notes and References

1. Web site: Festival de Cannes: Heroes of Shipka . 2009-02-01 . festival-cannes.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110822150840/http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/3709/year/1955.html . 2011-08-22 .