Heroes of Shipka
Герои Шипки
Release: 1955-02-22
·Runtime: 123m
·★ 4.8
War
Drama
History
Heroes of Shipka was the first solo effort for Soviet director Sergei Vasilyev, who had previously collaborated with his late brother Georgi. As head of the Leningrad Film Studios, Vasilyev was obliged to traffic in propaganda, but he never forgot how to make his material entertaining. The film is set in 1887 during the pivotal battle between the Russians and the Turks at the Shipka Pass. Stressing the solidarity of the Soviet states, tribute is paid to the courageous Bulgarian volunteers who helped the Russians fend off their mutual enemy. American critics were impressed by Heroes of Shipka, but felt that the film would have been twice as effective had it been lensed in Cinemascope rather than "standard aspect."
Production Countries
Bulgaria
Soviet Union
Production Companies
Lenfilm
Boyana Film
Bulgaria Film
Cast
Viktor Avdyushko
as Osnobishin
Georgiy Yumatov
as Cossack Sashko Kozir
Apostol Karamitev
as Petka
Evgeniy Samoylov
as Gen. Skobolov
Nikolai Simonov
Sergey Papov
as Gurko
Anatoly Alekseev
as Timofey
Konstantin Sorokin
as Makar Lizyuta
Stefan Pejchev
as Panayot
Katya Chukova
as Ionka
Vladimir Taskin
as Benjamin Disraeli
Petko Karlukovsky
Zheni Bozhinova
as Boyka
Bruno Frejndlikh
Aleksandr Kholodkov
Ivan Pereverzev
as Katorgin
