History Lesson (1957)
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.
Director: Lev Arnshtam
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Stefan Savov as Georgi Dimitrov |
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Tzvetana Arnaudova as Paraskeva Dimitrova |
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Ivan Tonev as Stefcho |
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Gennadi Yudin as Henrih Lange |
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Borya Burlyaev as Vili Lange |
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Apollon Yachnitskiy as Hitler |
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Yuri Averin as Gyoring |
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Pyotr Beryozov as Himler |
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Encho Tagarov as Gyobels |
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Nikolai Volkov St. as Heldorf |
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Georgi Kaloyanchev as Van der Lyube |
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Jānis Osis as Chairman of the Byunger |
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Nikolai Solovyov as investigator Fogt |
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Andrey Fayt as defender Zack |
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Velta Līne as Ilza Lange |
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Evgeniy Kuznetsov as Prosecutor Werner |
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Karlis Trencis as |
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Yevgeni Teterin as Max, undergrounder |
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Vladimir Makhov as |
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Sergei Vecheslov as Tiherty |
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Aleksandr Kleberer as Ernst Torgler |
| Art | Asen Grozev | Production Design |
| Directing | Sergey Kolosov | Second Unit Director |
| Directing | Hristo Piskov | Second Unit Director |
| Sound | Boris Volsky | Sound |
| Sound | Mithen Andreev | Sound |
| Visual Effects | Grigoriy Ayzenberg | VFX Director of Photography |
| Visual Effects | Vasiliy Golikov | Visual Effects Designer |
| Editing | Tatyana Likhachyova | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | K. Yakovleva | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vladimir Yakovlev | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ato Zaydner | Costume Design |
| Directing | Lev Arnshtam | Director |
| Writing | Lev Arnshtam | Writer |
| Writing | Hristo Piskov | Writer |
| Sound | Gara Garayev | Music |
| Camera | Yu-Lan Chen | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Aleksandr Shelenkov | Director of Photography |
| Art | Aleksei Parkhomenko | Production Design |
| Production | Igor Vakar | Executive Producer |
| Production | Valcho Draganov | Executive Producer |
