Heroes of Shipka

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."

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Art

Mikhail Bogdanov

Production Design

Gennady Myasnikov

Production Design

Georgi-Dzhon Popov

Production Design

Camera

Mikhail Kirillov

Director of Photography

Aleksandr Zavyalov

Camera Operator

Yu. Razumov

Camera Operator

Isak Shekerszhiyski

Camera Operator

Costume & Make-Up

Yevgenia Slovtsova

Costume Design

Neva Tuzsuzova

Costume Design

Nevena Baltova

Costume Design

Pepa Misirkova

Costume Design

Vasili Goryunov

Makeup & Hair

Directing

Sergey Vasilev

Director

Andrei Apsolon

Assistant Director

Yuri Muzykant

Assistant Director

Pavel Bogolyubov

Assistant Director

Yanko Yankov

Assistant Director

Editing

Production

Atanas Hristov

Producer

Sound

Nikolai Kryukov

Original Music Composer

Filip Kutev

Original Music Composer

Oleksandr Babiy

Sound Director

B. Antonov

Sound Director

Kuzman Shopov

Sound Director

Writing