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Heights

Heights

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Status

Released

Release Date

Nov 10, 2017

Runtime

2h 0m

Genres

Drama, History, Comedy

User Score

79%

Original Title

Възвишение

Production Companies

Dream Factory Macedonia, Serpentine, Bulgarian National Film Center, All Stars In, Bulfilm, Bulgarian National Television

Director

Viktor Bozhinov

Description

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.