Through the Ashes of the Empire

Through the Ashes of the Empire
Directed by Andrei Blaier
Story by Zaharia Stancu (novel)
Starring Gheorghe Dinică
Gabriel Oseciuc
Release dates
  • 1976 (1976)
Running time
 101 minutes
Country Romania
Language Romanian

Through the Ashes of the Empire (Romanian: Prin cenușa imperiului) is a 1976 Romanian war drama film directed by Andrei Blaier.[1][2] 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.

Cast

  • Gheorghe Dinică as Diplomatul
  • Gabriel Marian Oseciuc as young Darie
  • Cornel Coman as Spelbul
  • Ștefan Sileanu as Siteavul
  • Ferenc Bencze as Dodu (as Ferencz Bencze)
  • Ernest Maftei as Tigan
  • Jean Reder as Feldwebel
  • Constantin Rautchi
  • Teodor Pîca
  • Nucu Paunescu
  • Petre Gheorghiu
  • Petruț Traian (as Traian Petrut)
  • Ion Porsila
  • Anton Aftenie
  • Mircea Jida
  • Boris Ciornei

References

  1. ↑ „Through the Ashes of the Empire” at the „Romanian Cinematheque” in London (aarc.ro)
  2. ↑ Andrei Blaier’s 'Through the Ashes of the Empire' at the Romanian Cinematheque (icr-london.co.uk)

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