History Lesson (1957)
Урок истории
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.
- Date of release
- 1957-02-26
- TMDB
- 7.5 / 10 (2)
- Runtime
- 1h 26m
- Genres
- Drama, War
- Director
- Lev Arnshtam
Casting
- Stefan Savov — Georgi Dimitrov
- Tzvetana Arnaudova — Paraskeva Dimitrova
- Ivan Tonev — Stefcho
- Gennadi Yudin — Henrih Lange
- Borya Burlyaev — Vili Lange
- Apollon Yachnitskiy — Hitler
- Yuri Averin — Gyoring
- Pyotr Beryozov — Himler
- Encho Tagarov — Gyobels
- Nikolai Volkov St. — Heldorf
- Georgi Kaloyanchev — Van der Lyube
- Jānis Osis — Chairman of the Byunger
Interesting facts
A Lesson in History is a 1957 joint Soviet–Bulgarian historical drama film directed by Lev Arnshtam and Hristo Piskov about Georgi Dimitrov and the Leipzig Trial.
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