History Lesson

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

February 26, 1957

Original language

Bulgarian

Spoken languages

Bulgarian, Russian

Countries

Bulgaria, Soviet Union

Production

Mosfilm,Boyana Film,Bulgarofilm

Cast

Jānis Osis,Yuri Averin,Vladimir Makhov,Georgi Kaloyanchev,Gennadi Yudin,Karlis Trencis,Tzvetana Arnaudova,Stefan Savov,Encho Tagarov,Pyotr Beryozovand 11 more

Director

Lev Arnshtam

Writer

Hristo Piskov,Lev Arnshtam

Producer

Igor Vakar,Valcho Draganov

Cinematography

Aleksandr Shelenkov,Yu-Lan Chen

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0170741