Heights (2017)

  • NR
  • 11/10/2017 (BG)
  • Drama, History, Comedy
  • 2h

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.

Viktor Bozhinov

Writer, Director

Milen Ruskov

Writer

Neli Dimitrova

Writer

Cast

Aleksandar Aleksiev's headshot

Aleksandar Aleksiev

Gicho
Paraskeva Djukelova's headshot

Paraskeva Djukelova

Hristo Petkov's headshot

Hristo Petkov

Kiril Efremov's headshot

Kiril Efremov

Vassil Mihajlov's headshot

Vassil Mihajlov

Phillip Avramov's headshot

Phillip Avramov

Antonio Dimitrievski's headshot

Antonio Dimitrievski

Malin Krastev's headshot

Malin Krastev

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