Directed by Andrei Blaier Release date 1976 (1976) Country Romania | Story by Zaharia Stancu (novel) Running time 101 minutes | |
Starring Gheorghe Dinică
Gabriel Oseciuc | ||
Through the Ashes of the Empire (Romanian: Prin cenușa imperiului) is a 1976 Romanian war drama film directed by Andrei Blaier. Is a picaresque tale of betrayal, survival and coming of age based on a novel by Zaharia Stancu.
Plot
In 1917, Diplomatul (Dinică) and young Darie (Oseciuc) escape from a Bucharest occupied by the German Army only to come across, as they progress 'through the ashes' of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the sufferance, despair, generosity and heroism that will lead them to very different conclusions.
References
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