Through the Ashes of the Empire (1976)
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.
Director: Andrei Blaier
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Gheorghe Dinică as The Diplomat |
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Gabriel Marian Oseciuc as Darie |
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Cornel Coman as Spelbul |
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Ștefan Sileanu as Siteavul |
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Ferenc Bencze as Dodu |
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Ernest Maftei as Țigan |
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Jean Reder as Feldwebel |
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Constantin Rauțchi as |
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Nucu Păunescu as |
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Petruț Traian as |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ana Stan | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Sile Dinicu | Conductor |
| Sound | Radu Șerban | Music |
| Production | Eugen Mandric | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Horia Popescu | Costume Design |
| Writing | Zaharia Stancu | Novel |
| Directing | Andrei Blaier | Director |
| Crew | Dinu Tănase | Cinematography |
| Art | Nicolae Edulescu | Production Design |