History Lesson
1957 · 86 min · Drama, War
In 1933 Berlin, Bulgarian communist Georgi Dimitrov is caught up in the Reichstag fire trials when Nazis seek to frame communists. Despite orchestrated provocations and mass repression, Dimitrov’s defiant courtroom defense exposes the baseless charges, forcing his acquittal and securing him political asylum in the Soviet Union.
- Director
- Lev Arnshtam
- Writers
- Hristo Piskov, Lev Arnshtam
- Released
- February 26, 1957
- Language
- Bulgarian
Cast
Stefan Savov
Georgi Dimitrov
Tzvetana Arnaudova
Paraskeva Dimitrova
Ivan Tonev
Stefcho
Gennadi Yudin
Henrih Lange
Borya Burlyaev
Vili Lange
Apollon Yachnitskiy
Hitler
Yuri Averin
Gyoring
Pyotr Beryozov
Himler
Encho Tagarov
Gyobels
Nikolai Volkov St.
Heldorf
Georgi Kaloyanchev
Van der Lyube
Jānis Osis
Chairman of the Byunger
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