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Heights

"Everyone wants to live"

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.

Top Cast

  • Aleksandar Aleksiev

    Aleksandar Aleksiev

    Gicho

  • Paraskeva Djukelova

    Paraskeva Djukelova

  • Hristo Petkov

    Hristo Petkov

  • Kiril Efremov

    Kiril Efremov

  • Vassil Mihajlov

    Vassil Mihajlov

  • Phillip Avramov

    Phillip Avramov

  • Antonio Dimitrievski

    Antonio Dimitrievski

  • Malin Krastev

    Malin Krastev

  • Stoyan Doychev

    Stoyan Doychev

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.

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