Then I Sentenced Them All to Death (1972)
A young boy is adopted by a priest and his wife during the Nazi occupation of Romania during the Second World War. He befriends the village idiot, who's despised by everyone else. When a German is killed in the last days of the war, the village is threatened with total destruction unless the murderer is handed over. The villagers decide to hand over the idiot.
Director:
Sergiu Nicolaescu
Writer:
Titus Popovici
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Amza Pellea as Ipu |
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Cristian Șofron as Elev in vacanta |
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Ion Besoiu as Parintele Ioan |
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Gheorghe Dinică as Notar |
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Ioana Bulcă as Margareta |
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Octavian Cotescu as Doctorul Bunu |
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Iurie Darie as Ilegalist, fratele elevului |
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Ștefan Mihăilescu-Brăila as Plutonierul Gociman |
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Sergiu Nicolaescu as Colonel von Eck |
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Klára Sebők as Clara |
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Eugenia Bosânceanu as M-me Bunu |
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Eliza Petrăchescu as Fumegoaia |
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Ernest Maftei as Marcu |
| Directing | Sergiu Nicolaescu | Director |
| Writing | Titus Popovici | Novel |
| Writing | Titus Popovici | Screenplay |
| Art | Marcel Bogos | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Hortensia Georgescu | Costume Design |
| Camera | Alexandru David | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Tiberiu Olah | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Yolanda Mîntulescu | Editor |
| Art | Marcel Bogos | Set Decoration |
| Production | Sanda Mănescu | Production Manager |
| Directing | Adriana Dumitrescu | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Anusavan Salamanian | Sound |