During the summer of 1944, while Romanians turn weapons against Nazis, Mihai, an orphan teenager whose parents died in a bombing, tries to enlist in order to fight in the front line but he discovers that former police commissioner Potra tortured and beaten prisoners, including his father, who was political detained. Mihai will fight to bring Potra in front of the justice.
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22 people
Costel Băloiu
Redhead / Mihai Secoșan
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Sergiu Nicolaescu
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Florina Cercel
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Constantin Codrescu
Florica Potra
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Ștefan Tapalagă
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Constantin Rauțchi
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Zephi Alșec
politistul Mitică Burlacu
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Ferenc Bencze
gardinaul Ghenadie
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Francisc Munteanu Director · Adriana Ionescu Editor Petre Veniamin Production designer
Budget $600K · First release December 20, 1976 · Produced in Romania
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Budget
$600,000
Production
România Film
Production
Casa de Filme 4
Production
Centrul de Producție Cinematografică București
Production
Romania
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Roșcovanul
Original language
Romanian
Spoken on screen
German · Romanian
Release dates
Romania · December 20, 1976
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Germany
March 2, 1979 · Theatrical
Hungary
August 16, 1979 · Theatrical
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