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'Geroite na Shipka' (; , '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 187778. 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 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 Andrssy

* 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




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