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Released
1955 · FILM

Heroes of Shipka

Directed by
Runtime
123 min
Language
RU
DramaHistoryWar

Synopsis

Heroes of Shipka was the first solo effort for Soviet director Sergei Vasilyev, who had previously collaborated with his late brother Georgi. 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.

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The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 19

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Elena BazhenovaShot by Mikhail KirillovScored by Nikolai KryukovDesigned by Georgi Dzhon Popov

Also known as

  • Geroite na Shipkabg
  • Die Helden vom Schipka-Passde
  • Heroes of Shipkaen
  • Héroes de Shipkaes
  • Hommes en guerrefr
  • Geroite na Šipkait

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