Hammer or Anvil
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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.
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Cast
24 people
Stefan Getsov
Georgi Dimitrov
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Christo Christov
Frank Obermann
Diels
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Seilergasse 8
Christo Christov Director · Wolfgang Ebeling Writer Willi Brückner Writer
First release September 8, 1972 · Produced in Bulgaria, Russia, XG · Languages Bulgarian, German, Russian
Production
DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
Production
Mosfilm
Production
Boyana Film
Production
DEFA
Production
Bulgaria · Russia · XG
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Languages
Original title
Наковалня или чук
Original language
Bulgarian
Spoken on screen
Bulgarian · German · Russian
Release dates
Bulgaria · September 8, 1972
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Germany
September 9, 1972 · Theatrical
Hungary
April 12, 1973
Poland
January 1, 1973
Portugal
January 1, 1976
Russia
October 29, 1973
Russia
October 29, 1973 · Theatrical
Slovakia
February 15, 1974
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