1933. Georgy Dimitrov comes to Berlin to establish ties with the Bulgarian Communists. Fascist leaders are making every effort to break the resistance more
1933. Georgy Dimitrov comes to Berlin to establish ties with the Bulgarian Communists. Fascist leaders are making every effort to break the resistance of the Communists. Goering plots a provocation: during the burning of the Reichstag, a member of the Communist Party must be caught with a ticket. The Reichstag is on fire, provocateur Van der Lubbe and Reichstag deputy Torgler are arrested. Mass repression against the Communists began. Dimitrov also falls into the hands of the fascist court. However, in the courtroom, workers, including Heinrich Lange, prove the baselessness of the indictment. Fascists are forced to justify Dimitrov. The Soviet government grants him the right of political asylum. close
Heroes of Shipka was the first solo effort for Soviet director Sergei Vasilyev, who had previously collaborated with his late brother Georgi. As head more
Heroes of Shipka was the first solo effort for Soviet director Sergei Vasilyev, who had previously collaborated with his late brother Georgi. As head of the Leningrad Film Studios, Vasilyev was obliged to traffic in propaganda, but he never forgot how to make his material entertaining. The film is set in 1887 during the pivotal battle between the Russians and the Turks at the Shipka Pass. Stressing the solidarity of the Soviet states, tribute is paid to the courageous Bulgarian volunteers who helped the Russians fend off their mutual enemy. American critics were impressed by Heroes of Shipka, but felt that the film would have been twice as effective had it been lensed in Cinemascope rather than "standard aspect." close