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Heights(2017)
Status: Released
Date: 2017-11-10
76%
11 Votes
Time: 2h 0m
Everyone wants to live
Overview:
One of the most ambitious Bulgarian projects in recent years, Heights is an adaptation of Milen Ruskov's novel of the same name, published in 2011. 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 hero and dubbed The Apostle of Freedom.
Languages: Bulgarian.
Countries:
Bulgaria,
Macedonia
ProductionCompanies: 
Serpentine
Bulgarian National Film Center
All Stars In
Bulfilm
Bulgarian National Television
Movie: Heights
Top 9 Billed Cast
Aleksandar Aleksiev
Gicho
Paraskeva Djukelova
Hristo Petkov
Kiril Efremov
Васил Михайлов
Phillip Avramov
Malin Krastev
Stoyan Doychev
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Overview
One of the most ambitious Bulgarian projects in recent years, Heights is an adaptation of Milen Ruskov's novel of the same name, published in 2011. 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 hero and dubbed The Apostle of Freedom.
Release Date
2017-11-10
Average
7.6
Rating:
3.8 startsTagline
Everyone wants to live
Genres
Languages:
български езикKeywords
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