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History Lesson

1957
Directed byLev Arnshtam
1h 26m

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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Stefan SavovGeorgi DimitrovTzvetana ArnaudovaParaskeva DimitrovaIvan Tonev
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DramaWar
STATUSReleased
RATING
NR

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