History Lesson
Урок истории
Release: 1957-02-26
·Runtime: 86m
Drama
War
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.
Production Countries
Bulgaria
Soviet Union
Production Companies
Boyana Film
Bulgarofilm
Mosfilm
Cast
Velta Līne
as Ilza Lange
Evgeniy Kuznetsov
as Prosecutor Werner
Yevgeni Teterin
as Max, undergrounder
Pyotr Beryozov
as Himler
Karlis Trencis
Sergei Vecheslov
as Tiherty
Apollon Yachnitskiy
as Hitler
Yuri Averin
as Gyoring
Nikolai Volkov St.
as Heldorf
Georgi Kaloyanchev
as Van der Lyube
Jānis Osis
as Chairman of the Byunger
Andrey Fayt
as defender Zack
Vladimir Makhov
Stefan Savov
as Georgi Dimitrov
Ivan Tonev
as Stefcho
Gennadi Yudin
as Henrih Lange
Crew
Lev Arnshtam
Director, Writer
Sergey Kolosov
Second Unit Director
Aleksei Parkhomenko
Production Design
Gara Garayev
Music
Yu-Lan Chen
Director of Photography
Hristo Piskov
Second Unit Director, Writer
Grigoriy Ayzenberg
VFX Director of Photography
Tatyana Likhachyova
Editor
Aleksandr Shelenkov
Director of Photography