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1957
1h 26min
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.
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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.
Released
26 February 1957
Runtime
1h 26min
Director
Genre
Status
Released
Language
Bulgarian
Production
Boyana Film, Bulgarofilm, Mosfilm
Cast
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
Nikolai Solovyov
investigator Fogt
Andrey Fayt
defender Zack
Velta Līne
Ilza Lange
Evgeniy Kuznetsov
Prosecutor Werner
Karlis Trencis
Acting
Yevgeni Teterin
Max, undergrounder