Through the Ashes of the Empire

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.

Through the Ashes of the Empire
Directed byAndrei Blaier
Story byZaharia Stancu (novel)
StarringGheorghe Dinică
Gabriel Oseciuc
Release date
  • 1976 (1976)
Running time
101 minutes
CountryRomania
LanguageRomanian

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)

See also


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