History Lesson (1957)

10.0/10 86 min Drama War

Overview

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 Savov

Georgi Dimitrov

Ivan Tonev

Stefcho

Gennadi Yudin

Henrih Lange

Apollon Yachnitskiy

Hitler

Yuri Averin

Gyoring

Pyotr Beryozov

Himler

Nikolai Volkov St.

Heldorf

Georgi Kaloyanchev

Van der Lyube

Jānis Osis

Chairman of the Byunger

Andrey Fayt

defender Zack

Velta Līne

Ilza Lange

Yevgeni Teterin

Max, undergrounder

Vladimir Makhov

Sergei Vecheslov

Tiherty

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