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History Lesson (1957)
Directed by Lev Arnshtam
Drama, War · 1h 26m
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
T
Tzvetana Arnaudova
Paraskeva Dimitrova
Ivan Tonev
Stefcho
Gennadi Yudin
Henrih Lange
B
Borya Burlyaev
Vili Lange
Apollon Yachnitskiy
Hitler
Yuri Averin
Gyoring
Pyotr Beryozov
Himler
E
Encho Tagarov
Gyobels
Nikolai Volkov St.
Heldorf
Georgi Kaloyanchev
Van der Lyube
Jānis Osis
Chairman of the Byunger
Crew
- Director
- Lev Arnshtam
- Writer
- Lev Arnshtam, Hristo Piskov
- Director of Photography
- Yu-Lan Chen, Aleksandr Shelenkov
- Editor
- Tatyana Likhachyova
Details
- Original title
- Урок истории
- Release date
- 1957-02-26
- Runtime
- 1h 26m
- Genres
- Drama, War
- Original language
- BG
- Spoken languages
- Bulgarian, Russian
- Countries
- Bulgaria, Soviet Union
- Production
- Boyana Film, Bulgarofilm, Mosfilm