Through the Ashes of the Empire
7.7
A war story. survivors. refugees. few essential meetings. and great actors. a film inspired from Zaharia Stancu short story. about pain, search of sense in misty times, about roots of evil and price of survive, about a country as shadow and ruins of a empire. all in dark nuances, touching images. a movie like a ballad. heavy, strange, profound, harsh, cruel. with few drops of feelings as steps of rotten ladder. looks, silhouettes, way to ambiguous home. a thief and a young man. across Balkans. among ash of a fragile territory. the impressive aspect – silence. and gestures. the woman, the train. the escape. the bath. and the death of Diplomat. all – fragments of an old way to discover reality. all – words of a new world.
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Cast
22 people
Gheorghe Dinică
The Diplomat
Known for
Philanthropy
Gabriel Marian Oseciuc
Darie
Known for
The Assignment
Dinu Tănase
Also in
Cintec in zori
Andrei Blaier
Zaharia Stancu
Anca Georgescu
Cornel Coman
Spelbul
Also in
Fleeting Loves
Three Secret Letters
Eugen Mandric
Also in
Postcards with Wildflowers
Radu Șerban
Ștefan Sileanu
Siteavul
Also in
Vlad the Impaler: The True Life of Dracula
Raliul
Horia Popescu
Ferenc Bencze
Dodu
Known for
The Fifth Seal
Andrei Blaier Director · Zaharia Stancu Author Nicolae Edulescu Production designer
First release March 8, 1976 · Produced in Romania · Production Casa de Filme Trei
Production
Casa de Filme 3
Production
Casa de Filme Trei
Production
Romania
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Original title
Prin cenușa imperiului
Original language
Romanian
Spoken on screen
Romanian
Release dates
Romania · March 8, 1976
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Hungary
November 16, 1978
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