History Lesson

Drama, War

🏆 Fan Favorite

🎬 Critics Choice Nominee

Director Lev Arnshtam

Status Released

Release Date 1957-02-26

Storyline

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.