Svoboda ili smart (1969)

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Country: Bulgaria
Genres: Drama, History
Release: 1969-01-02
Director: Nikola Korabov
Writers: Vasil Popov
Language: Bulgarian
Stars: Milen Penev , Kosta Tsonev , Vsevolod Safonov , Stefan Iliev , Kiril Gospodinov , Apostol Karamitev , Vassil Mihajlov , Georgi Mihov , Ivan Bratanov , Ivan Nestorov
Runtime: 91 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Svoboda ili smart , Свобода или смърт (Bulgaria) , Freedom or Death , Wolność albo śmierć (Poland)
Plot: 1876. A group of Bulgarian revolutionaries disguised as market gardeners are mingled with the cosmopolitan crowd on board the Austrian riverboat "Radetzki". They take over the ship and under the command of their leader Hristo Botev force the captain to take the boat to the Bulgarian shore. The passengers watch the rebels kneel and kiss their native land. After a series of battles with the Ottoman troops, they reach the Vratza part of the Balkan Range. The uprising for the liberation from Ottoman rule in the town of Vratza has already been put down. The people are scared and nobody will risk joining the band. The death of the young patriots is not seen as a mere tragedy, but as a tribute to those who have given their lives for the cause of freedom. Hristo Botev, the great poet and revolutionary, falls in the last battle...
IMDB:tt0173281