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History Lesson
Film / 1957

History Lesson

Directed by Lev Arnshtam
DramaWar

★ 7.5/10Audience rating

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.

The story

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.

Cast

Stefan SavovGeorgi Dimitrov Tzvetana ArnaudovaParaskeva Dimitrova Ivan TonevStefcho Gennadi YudinHenrih Lange Borya BurlyaevVili Lange Apollon YachnitskiyHitler Yuri AverinGyoring Pyotr BeryozovHimler Encho TagarovGyobels Nikolai Volkov St.Heldorf Georgi KaloyanchevVan der Lyube Jānis OsisChairman of the Byunger
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Nikolai Solovyovinvestigator Fogt Andrey Faytdefender Zack Velta LīneIlza Lange Evgeniy KuznetsovProsecutor Werner Karlis Trencis Yevgeni TeterinMax, undergrounder Vladimir Makhov Sergei VecheslovTiherty Aleksandr KelbererErnst Torgler

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