Film

Hammer or Anvil

1972 · 2h 37m · Drama · Crime

IMDb

4.5

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.

Stefan Getsov

Georgi Dimitrov

Viliam Polónyi

Hermann Georing

Frank Obermann

Diels

Hannjo Hasse

Nebe

Micaela Kreißler

Erika

Martin Flörchinger

Dr. Buenger

Hans Hardt-Hardtloff

Kluge

Günther Simon

Pastor

Gerd Michael Henneberg

Reich Minister Konstantin von Neurath

Horst Giese

Reich Minister Joseph Goebbels

Hans Lucke

Holger Mahlich

Dieter Montag

Ivan Andreev

Tanev

• Christo ChristovDirector
• Wolfgang EbelingWriter
• Willi BrücknerWriter
• Pavel VezhinovWriter
• Ivan RadoevWriter
• Lyuben StanevNovel
• Atanas TasevDirector of Photography
• Elena DimitrovaEditor

Release date

September 8, 1972

Status

Released

Original language

Bulgarian

Runtime

2h 37m

Genres

Drama, Crime