Lupeni 29
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Based on true events. In the Romanian town of Lupeni August 5, 1929, driven to despair by hard labor conditions miners under the leadership of Communists organized a strike. The miners demanded higher wages and an eight-hour workday. They opposed the government's attempts to shift the entire burden of the economic crisis onto the workers' shoulders. The government, concerned about the scale of the strike and the workers' determination not to give in to their demands, ordered troops to shoot at unarmed people. On August 7, the strike was brutally suppressed. Many workers were killed. But these events have forever gone down in the history of the Romanian labor movement as an example of solidarity, heroism and invincibility of the people.
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Lica Gheorghiu
Ioana
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The poet officer
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Mircea Drăgan Director · Eugen Mandric Writer Nicolae Țic Writer
First release February 11, 1963 · Produced in Romania
Production
Studioul Cinematografic București
Production
Romania
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Original language
Romanian
Spoken on screen
Romanian
Release dates
Romania · February 11, 1963
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Russia
June 29, 1964 · Theatrical
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