
203 minutes
2/13/1971
An epic fresco depicting the reign (1593-1601) of Mihai Pătrașcu (better known as "Mihai Viteazul" / "Michael the Brave"), the famous prince who united the three provinces: Transalpine Vallachia, Transylvania and Moldavia, into the country of Romania, at the end of the 16th century (1599-1601) against the opposition of the Ottoman and Austrian Empires, this movie features large scale battle scenes mixed with political intrigues, murderous treachery, and family drama.

Amza Pellea
as Mihai Viteazul

Ion Besoiu
as Sigismund Báthory

Olga Tudorache
as Mother of Mihai Viteazul

Irina Gărdescu
as Countess Rossanna Viventini

György Kovács
as Cardinal Andrew Báthory

Sergiu Nicolaescu
as Ottoman Vizier Selim Pasha

Nicolae Secăreanu
as Ottoman Grand Vizier Sinan Pasha

Ilarion Ciobanu
as Stroe Buzescu
Aurel Rogalschi
as Habsburg Emperor Rudolf II

Ioana Bulcă
as Doamna Stanca / Princess Stanca

Septimiu Sever
as Radu Buzescu

Florin Piersic
as Preda Buzescu

Klára Sebők
as Maria Cristina de Graz

Mircea Albulescu
as Popa Stoica

Emmerich Schäffer
as General Giorgio Basta

Alexandru Herescu
as Ionică

Fory Etterle
as Pope Clement VIII

Colea Răutu
as Ottoman Sultan Murad III

Constantin Codrescu
as Wallachian Prince Alexander the Bad
Jean Lorin Florescu
as Archduke Maximilian

Florin Scărlătescu
as Boyar Iani, Prince Michael's Uncle

Mihai Mereuţă
as Moldavian Prince Ieremia Movila

Corneliu Gîrbea
as Baba Novac

Papil Panduru

Cornel Coman
as Balogh

Alexandru Repan
as Count Viventini

Horia Căciulescu
as Wallachian Boyar

Emanoil Petruţ
as Mihai Viteazul / Michael the Brave (voice)