The “Hope“ Crew (1956)
A movie drama telling the story of the crew of a Bulgarian cruiser in the historic year of 1918. The crew of the cruiser, sent to Sevastopol for a planned intervention against Russia, learned the true purpose of the campaign and the fact that the war was over. The sailors refused to obey the commander. The communist Boyan Milev took command. According to the wishes of all the sailors, the cruiser should sail back to Bulgaria the next morning. However, among the sailors there is a traitor who helped the arrested captain to get free and damaged the ship's equipment, so the "Nadezhda" will not be able to sail the next day. The rebels are taken to Bulgaria, where they will be brought to justice.
Director: Kiril Ilinchev
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Nikola Marinov as Boyan Milev |
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Veselin Marinov as Pavel Stanoev |
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Hristiyan Rusinov as Vasil Chernata |
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Stefan Gadularov as Andro Sandev |
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Dossio Dossev as Zhelyo |
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Sashka Ignatieva as Valentina |
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Andrey Chaprazov as captain Petrov |
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Stefan Petrov as senior sailor, Ferdinand |
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Ivan Obretenov as Velyo |
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Georgi Sarafov as Dundarov |
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Kiril Yanev as midshipman Nakov |
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Nikola Dadov as Asen |
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Stefan Karalambov as Anton Ivanov |
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Borislav Ivanov as Spiro |
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Pencho Petrov as captain Bradley |
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Rangel Vulchanov as sailor |
| Directing | Kiril Ilinchev | Director |
| Sound | Georgi Krystev | Sound |
| Sound | Georgy Ivanov | Music |
| Art | Zlatka Dabova | Production Design |
| Production | Doncho Todorov | Line Producer |
| Camera | Trendafil Zahariev | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Elena Popova | Editor |
| Writing | Dimitar Dobrevski | Story |
| Writing | Veselin Hanchev | Writer |
| Camera | Konstantin Yanakiev | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ato Zaydner | Costume Design |