Heroes of Shipka

2h 3m

War Drama History

4.8

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."

Cast

Ivan Pereverzev

Viktor Avdyushko

Georgiy Yumatov

Cossack Sashko Kozir

Konstantin Sorokin

Apostol Karamitev

Evgeniy Samoylov

Petko Karlukovsky

Zheni Bozhinova

Nikolai Simonov

Bruno Frejndlikh

Vladimir Taskin

Benjamin Disraeli

Aleksandr Kholodkov

Nikolai Massalitinov

Anatoly Alekseev

Crew

Arkadi Perventsev

Yelena Bazhenova

Mikhail Kirillov

Director of Photography

Assistant Director

Assistant Director

Pavel Bogolyubov

Assistant Director

Assistant Director

Ivan Provotorov

Executive Producer

Executive Producer

Mikhail Bogdanov

Production Design

Gennady Myasnikov

Production Design

Georgi-Dzhon Popov

Production Design

Aleksandr Zavyalov

Camera Operator

Camera Operator

Isak Shekerszhiyski

Camera Operator

Yevgenia Slovtsova

Pyrotechnic Supervisor

Pyrotechnic Supervisor

Vasili Goryunov

Oleksandr Babiy

VFX Director of Photography

Nikolai Kryukov

Original Music Composer

Original Music Composer