98 minutes
2/18/1974
Bad luck and bad judgment follow two generations of men in this Rumanian tragedy, set in the World War II era. Ion (Dan Nutu) seeks to find out why many years ago his father was falsely accused of being a communist, an accusation which led to his execution. He discovers that his father's mistress, now married to a wealthy man, made the accusation for money, as she was deathly afraid of poverty. Ion's own girlfriend seems to be similarly concerned about issues of livelihood, and abandons him for a richer suitor. Frustrated and angry, he burns down these couple's houses and takes up with some anti-communist arms smugglers.
Dan Nuțu
as Niculai / Ion Mohreanu
George Constantin
as Nae Caramet
Mircea Albulescu
as Che Andrei
Emil Botta
as Printul Ipsilanti
Gina Patrichi
as Vetina
Violeta Andrei
as Bișcă
Vasile Nițulescu
as Pavel Berechet
Gheorghe Dinică
as maiorul Ionescu
Ernest Maftei
as Titi Șorici
Constantin Rauțchi
as Petrea Duna
Ștefan Mihăilescu-Brăila
as Gheorghe Jinga
Ileana Buhaci-Gurgulescu
Andrei Codarcea
Horia Georgescu
Ion Henter
as Vechilul de pe mosia printului
Alexandru Herescu
as Neicu Jinga
Mitică Popescu
as Romniceanu
Elena Racinede
as Tita
Ștefan Radoff
as Magae
Florin Scărlătescu
as The Prefect
Ovidiu Schumacher