Movielogr
Hammer or Anvil (1972)
Directed by Christo Christov
Overview
This is a political picture about the Bulgarian revolutionary Georgi Dimitrov. In 1933 during the Reichstag Fire Trial trumped-up charges of having set the Reichstag on fire were brought against him. At the trial Dimitrov exposed the machinations of the Nazis and turned from a defendant into an accuser. Central to the story is the face-to-face political duel between Dimitrov and Goering. Dimitrov’s interactions with ordinary Germans, the memories of his wife Lyuba Ivoshevich, and the meetings with his mother Parashkeva alternate with documentary shooting scenes from the time of Nazi Germany.
Length 157 minutes
Actors
Stefan Getsov | Viliam Polónyi | Frank Obermann | Hannjo Hasse | Micaela Kreißler | Martin Flörchinger | Hans Hardt-Hardtloff | Günther Simon | Gerd Michael Henneberg | Horst Giese | Hans Lucke | Holger Mahlich | Dieter Montag | Ivan Andreev