Hammer or Anvil (1972)
Overview
This is a political picture about the Bulgarian revolutionary Georgi Dimitrov. In 1933 during the Reichstag Fire Trial trumped-up charges of having set the Reichstag on fire were brought against him. At the trial Dimitrov exposed the machinations of the Nazis and turned from a defendant into an accuser. Central to the story is the face-to-face political duel between Dimitrov and Goering. Dimitrov's interactions with ordinary Germans, the memories of his wife Lyuba Ivoshevich, and the meetings with his mother Parashkeva alternate with documentary shooting scenes from the time of Nazi Germany.
Cast
Stefan Getsov
Georgi Dimitrov
Viliam Polónyi
Hermann Georing
Hannjo Hasse
Nebe
Micaela Kreißler
Erika
Martin Flörchinger
Dr. Buenger
Hans Hardt-Hardtloff
Kluge
Günther Simon
Pastor
Horst Giese
Reich Minister Joseph Goebbels
Hans Lucke
Holger Mahlich
Dieter Montag
