Dawn Over the Drava

Dawn Over the Drava (Bulgarian: Зарево над Драва, romanized: Zarevo nad Drava) is a Bulgarian war-drama film from 1974, directed by Zako Heskiya.

Dawn Over the Drava
Directed by	Zako Heskiya
Screenplay by	Pavel Vezhinov Rangel Ignatov
Produced by	Nikola Vulchev
Starring	Georgi Georgiev-Getz Georgi Cherkelov Peter Slabakov
Cinematography	Krum Krumov
Edited by	Dimitrichka Zlateva
Music by	Simeon Pironkov
Production company	Nu Boyana Film Studios
Release date	March 15, 1974 (1974-03-15)
Running time	161 minutes
Country	Bulgaria
Language	Bulgarian

Plot

After the 1944 Bulgarian coup d'état the political prisoner Boyan Vassilev is freed from prison. He is appointed as political officer in the Bulgarian Army, fighting Nazi Germany in Yugoslavia and Hungary. On the banks of the Drava the Bulgarian Army stopped the last major German offensive of World War II.

Cast

• Georgi Georgiev-Getz as Boyan Vassilev
• Georgi Cherkelov as Colonel Demirev
• Peter Slabakov as Delcho
• Stoyan Gadev as big man
• Stefan Danailov as Lieutenant Bozhev

Awards

• Golden Rose Bulgarian Feature Film Festival (1974):^[1]
  • Best Film
  • Best Actor — Georgi Georgiev-Getz, Georgi Cherkelov
  • Best Screenplay — Pavel Vezhinov, Rangel Ignatov
  • Best Cinematography — Krum Krumov
• Screenplay Award of Union of Bulgarian Writers (1974):
  • Pavel Vezhinov, Rangel Ignatov