History Lesson

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

Cast: Stefan Savov, Tzvetana Arnaudova, Ivan Tonev, Gennadi Yudin, Borya Burlyaev, Apollon Yachnitskiy, Yuri Averin, Pyotr Beryozov

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.