Hammer or Anvil (1972)
This is a political picture about the Bulgarian revolutionary Georgi Dimitrov. In 1933 during the Reichstag Fire Trial trumped-up charges of having set the Reichstag on fire were brought against him. At the trial Dimitrov exposed the machinations of the Nazis and turned from a defendant into an accuser. Central to the story is the face-to-face political duel between Dimitrov and Goering. Dimitrov's interactions with ordinary Germans, the memories of his wife Lyuba Ivoshevich, and the meetings with his mother Parashkeva alternate with documentary shooting scenes from the time of Nazi Germany.
Director: Christo Christov
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Stefan Getsov as Georgi Dimitrov |
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Viliam Polónyi as Hermann Georing |
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Frank Obermann as Diels |
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Hannjo Hasse as Nebe |
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Micaela Kreißler as Erika |
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Martin Flörchinger as Dr. Buenger |
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Hans Hardt-Hardtloff as Kluge |
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Günther Simon as Pastor |
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Gerd Michael Henneberg as Reich Minister Konstantin von Neurath |
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Horst Giese as Reich Minister Joseph Goebbels |
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Hans Lucke as |
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Holger Mahlich as |
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Dieter Montag as |
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Ivan Andreev as Tanev |
| Camera | Atanas Tasev | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Willi Brückner | Writer |
| Writing | Wolfgang Ebeling | Writer |
| Writing | Ivan Radoev | Writer |
| Writing | Lyuben Stanev | Novel |
| Writing | Pavel Vezhinov | Writer |
| Sound | Simeon Pironkov | Music |
| Editing | Elena Dimitrova | Editor |
| Directing | Christo Christov | Director |