The Struggle (Russian: Борцы; Bortsy, German: Kämpfer) is a 1936 Soviet-German film directed by Gustav von Wangenheim.
[1][2][3][4] The film is set in Germany, where Hans Lemke is murdered after learning about secret military production at the perfume factory in his city.
[5] The film depicts the resistance of workers against fascism, inspired by the arrest of communist leader Georgi Dimitrov.
Hans had discovered that the Spörke factory was producing poison gas as a weapon of war, rather than perfume as claimed.
Mother Lemke and Anna's resistance movement also grows, drawing in her son Fritz, a doctor, and even former members of the SA.