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History Lesson

History Lesson

Lev Arnshtam

1957

  • Drama
  • War
7.5

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 & crew

  • Lev ArnshtamDirector
  • Stefan SavovGeorgi Dimitrov
  • Tzvetana ArnaudovaParaskeva Dimitrova
  • Ivan TonevStefcho
  • Gennadi YudinHenrih Lange
  • Borya BurlyaevVili Lange
  • Apollon YachnitskiyHitler
  • Yuri AverinGyoring
  • Pyotr BeryozovHimler

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