Lupeni 29 (1963)
Based on true events. In the Romanian town of Lupeni August 5, 1929, driven to despair by hard labor conditions miners under the leadership of Communists organized a strike. The miners demanded higher wages and an eight-hour workday. They opposed the government's attempts to shift the entire burden of the economic crisis onto the workers' shoulders. The government, concerned about the scale of the strike and the workers' determination not to give in to their demands, ordered troops to shoot at unarmed people. On August 7, the strike was brutally suppressed. Many workers were killed. But these events have forever gone down in the history of the Romanian labor movement as an example of solidarity, heroism and invincibility of the people.
Director: Mircea Drăgan
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Lica Gheorghiu as Ioana |
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Colea Răutu as Petre Letean |
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George Calboreanu as Tudor Baci |
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Ștefan Ciubotărașu as Varga |
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Ilarion Ciobanu as Danet |
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Fory Etterle as prosecutor |
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George Motoi as Ioana's first husband |
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Boris Ciornei as The poet officer |
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Costel Constantinescu as Mateianu |
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Toma Dimitriu as The gendarme commander |
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Dumitru Furdui as Mirica |
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Dinu Gherasim as prefect |
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Gheorghe Măruță as The director of the mine |
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Draga Olteanu Matei as Varga's wife |
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Constantin Rauțchi as Hudici |
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Willy Ronea as The mine engineer |
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Sandu Sticlaru as Mihaila |
| Directing | Mircea Drăgan | Director |
| Writing | Mircea Drăgan | Writer |
| Writing | Eugen Mandric | Writer |
| Writing | Nicolae Țic | Writer |
| Sound | Theodor Grigoriu | Music |
| Camera | Aurel Samson | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Aurelia Pleșea | Editor |
| Art | Maria Bortnovschi | Production Design |
| Art | Liviu Popa | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Maria Bortnovschi | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lucia Metsch | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Rozalia Bartha | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Oscar Coman | Sound |