Through the Ashes of the Empire (1976)
1h 41m
Running Time
March 8, 1976Release Date
Through the Ashes of the Empire (1976)
1h 41m
Running Time
March 8, 1976Release Date
Plot.
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 & Crew.
Gheorghe Dinică
Escrocul Diplomatul
Gabriel Marian Oseciuc
Tanarul Darie
Cornel Coman
Spelbul
Ferenc Bencze
Dodu
Ștefan Sileanu
Siteavul
Ernest Maftei
Țigan
Andrei Blaier
Director
Jean Reder
Feldwebel
Details.
Release DateMarch 8, 1976
Original NamePrin cenușa imperiului
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 41m
Genres
Wiki.
Through the Ashes of the Empire (Romanian: Prin cenușa imperiului) is a 1976 Romanian war drama film directed by Andrei Blaier. Is a picaresque tale of betrayal, survival and coming of age based on a novel by Zaharia Stancu.