HEIGHTS/THE LIBERATORS
synopsis
The film explores the Bulgarian realities of the 1870s a few years before the war, that would liberate the country from the Ottoman occupation. Directed by Victor Bojinov and adapted by Neli Dimitrova, the story follows Gicho a young man in a revolutionary group led by Dimitar Obshti, a real-life revolutionary fighting against the Turks. After a successful train robbery Obshti entrust Gicho with a special mission: to deliver a letter to Vasil Levski, the country’s most famous freedom fighter, now considered a hero and dubbed The Apostle of Freedom.
international title: | Heights/The Liberators |
original title: | Vŭzvishenie |
country: | Bulgaria, North Macedonia |
sales agent: | Phoenix Worldwide Entertainment |
year: | 2017 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Victor Bojinov |
screenplay: | Victor Bojinov, Nelly Dimitrova, Milen Ruskov |
cast: | Aleksandar Aleksiev, Kiril Efremov, Hristo Petkov, Phillip Avramov, Paraskeva Djukelova, Vassil Mihajlov, Stoyan Doychev, Antonio Dimitrievski, Vladimir Mihailov, Stanislav Ganchev |
cinematography by: | Anton Bakarski |
film editing: | Nina Altaparmakova |
art director: | Rossitsa Bakeva |
costumes designer: | Mina Kaye |
music: | Petar Dundakov |
producer: | Ivan Doykov |
co-producer: | Nina Altaparmakova, Antov Ognen, Oxana Shalamanova |
associate producer: | Nikolay Ishkov |
line producer: | Vladimir Karanikolov |
production: | Dream Factory Macedonia, Serpentine |