---
title: 'Heroes of Shipka (1955)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Sergei Vasilyev'
released: '1955-02-22'
runtime_minutes: 137
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'People''s Republic of Bulgaria'
  - 'Soviet Union'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/heroes-of-shipka-1955'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047021/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Heroes of Shipka (1955)

1955 · 137 min · Drama, War, History · People's Republic of Bulgaria, Soviet Union

Original title: Герои Шипки

## Synopsis

Geroite na Shipka is a 1955 Soviet Union/Bulgarian co-production historical drama film. It tells the story of the famous Battle of Shipka Pass during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–78. The production companies behind the film are Boyana Film, Bulgar Film and Lenfilm.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Sergei Vasilyev](https://cinepixo.com/people/sergei-vasilyev)
- **Screenplay:** [Arkadi Perventsev](https://cinepixo.com/people/arkadi-perventsev)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Nikolay Kryukov](https://cinepixo.com/people/nikolay-kryukov)
- **Director of Photography:** [Mikhail Kirillov](https://cinepixo.com/people/mikhail-kirillov)

## Cast

- [Sergey Papov](https://cinepixo.com/people/sergey-papov) as Iosif Gurko
- [Vasiliy Yakovlevich Sofronov](https://cinepixo.com/people/vasiliy-yakovlevich-sofronov)
- [Nikolai Masalitinov](https://cinepixo.com/people/nikolai-masalitinov) as Alexander Gorchakov
- [Yevgeny Samoylov](https://cinepixo.com/people/yevgeny-samoylov) as Mikhail Skobelev
- [Georgi Yumatov](https://cinepixo.com/people/georgi-yumatov)
- [Bruno Freindlich](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruno-freindlich) as Gyula Andrássy
- [Apostol Karamitev](https://cinepixo.com/people/apostol-karamitev)
- [Zheni Bozhinova](https://cinepixo.com/people/zheni-bozhinova)
- [Ivan Pereverzev](https://cinepixo.com/people/ivan-pereverzev)
- [Konstantin Sorokin](https://cinepixo.com/people/konstantin-sorokin)
- [Aleksandr Smirnov](https://cinepixo.com/people/aleksandr-smirnov) as Aleksandr Strukov
- [Vladimir Taskin](https://cinepixo.com/people/vladimir-taskin) as Benjamin Disraeli
- [Viktor Avdyushko](https://cinepixo.com/people/viktor-avdyushko)
- [Voldemar Chobur](https://cinepixo.com/people/voldemar-chobur) as Nikolai Stoletov
- [Vladimir Gajdarov](https://cinepixo.com/people/vladimir-gajdarov) as Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury

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