Urok istorii (1957)

Georgi Dimitrov is on his way to Berlin, which is controlled by the Nazis. Hitler, Gyobbels and Gyoring plan the Reichstag fire. Van der Lube sets the Reichstag on fire. This triggers off a wave of arrests. The Communists have to go underground. Dimitrov is arrested. The German consul in Bulgaria refuses to receive his mother. She leaves for Germany. All over Europe, signatures are gathered in support of the detainees. At the court hearings, Dimitrov exposes the provocative policy of the Nazi government. Gyoring takes the witness stand. His speech on the grand future in store for Nazism is intermingled with actuality sequences from the World War II: victims, executions, death camps... Dimitrov is granted Soviet citizenship and leaves the fascist jail.

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Summary Details
Running Time1 hr 31 min
GenresDrama
FilmmakersRole
Lev Arnshtam Director
Hristo Piskov Director
Mikhail Romm Director
Lev Arnshtam Writer
Qara Qarayev Composer
Iolanda Chen Cinematographer
Aleksandr Shelenkov Cinematographer
Tatyana Likhachyova Editor
Asen Grozev Production Designer
Aleksandr Parkhomenko Production Designer
CastRole
Stefan Savov
Georgi Dimitrov
Tzvetana Arnaudova
matushka Parashkeva Dimitrova
Ivan Tonev
Stefcho Dimitrov
Gennadi Yudin
Henrik Lange