War ·Drama · Romania · 1972 · 1h 43m

Then I Sentenced Them All to Death

Atunci i-am condamnat pe toți la moarte

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Director
Sergiu Nicolaescu
Cast
Amza Pellea as Ipu Cristian Șofron as Elev in vacanta Ion Besoiu as Parintele Ioan Gheorghe Dinică as Notar Ioana Bulcă as Margareta Octavian Cotescu as Doctorul Bunu
Crew
Alexandru David — Director of Photography Yolanda Mîntulescu — Editor Tiberiu Olah — Original Music Composer Titus Popovici — Screenplay Titus Popovici — Novel Marcel Bogos — Production Design
Synopsis

A young boy is adopted by a priest and his wife during the Nazi occupation of Romania during the Second World War. He befriends the village idiot, who's despised by everyone else. When a German is killed in the last days of the war, the village is threatened with total destruction unless the murderer is handed over. The villagers decide to hand over the idiot.

Mood & Themes
guntankwehrmachtmurder
Key Collaborators
Sergiu Nicolaescu Director Alexandru David Director of Photography Yolanda Mîntulescu Editor Tiberiu Olah Original Music Composer Titus Popovici Screenplay Titus Popovici Novel Marcel Bogos Production Design Hortensia Georgescu Costume Design
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