Depicts Romania during World War II, focusing on the Royal Coup that toppled Ion Antonescu, the Axis-allied Conducător and authoritarian Prime Minister. Focused around the August 23rd 1944 coup against Marshal Antonescu, the movie also tackles other topics from the same era such as the Iron Guard rebellion and the execution of political leaders by communists.
Directed by Sergiu Nicolaescu
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Cast
Ion Siminie
Marshal Ion Antonescu
Adrian Vâlcu
King Mihai I (as Adrian Vîlcu)
Gheorghe Dinică
Mihai Antonescu
Ștefan Radoff
Iuliu Maniu
Şerban Ionescu
Lucretiu Patrascanu
Sergiu Nicolaescu
Jürgen Lederer
Nicolas König
(as König Nicolas)
George Alexandru
Mircea Rusu
Ştefan Iordache
Dorel Vișan
Petru Groza
George Constantin
Andrei Vyshinsky
Mitică Popescu
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