History Lesson (1957)
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.
- Released
- 1957-02-26
- Genres
- Drama, War
- Runtime
- 86 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Lev Arnshtam
- TMDB rating
- 7.5/10 from 2 votes
Cast
- Stefan Savov as Georgi Dimitrov
- Tzvetana Arnaudova as Paraskeva Dimitrova
- Ivan Tonev as Stefcho
- Gennadi Yudin as Henrih Lange
- Borya Burlyaev as Vili Lange
- Apollon Yachnitskiy as Hitler
- Yuri Averin as Gyoring
- Pyotr Beryozov as Himler
- Encho Tagarov as Gyobels
- Nikolai Volkov St. as Heldorf
- Georgi Kaloyanchev as Van der Lyube
- Jānis Osis as Chairman of the Byunger