The Punishment

Sep 13, 1976

1h 52m

★ 7.1

Overview

In 1919 at the end of WW1 Romanian peasant Manolache Preda returns to his native village where he finds his woman taken by another and his land sold to the local landowner.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

România Film

Casa de Filme Cinci

Centrul de Producție Cinematografică București

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Cast

Procurorul Tudor Marian

Sergiu Nicolaescu

țăranul Manolache Preda

Amza Pellea

cantonierul Sava Petrache

Ernest Maftei

Ion, Seful de Post de Jandarmi

Gheorghe Dinică

Magda Paraianu

Aimee Iacobescu

taranca Ruxsandra

Ioana Pavelescu

Boierul Leon Paraianu

Emmerich Schäffer

Plutonierul Bobinca

Mihai Mereuţă

Iordan

Nae Mazilu

The Priest

Vasile Nițulescu

Manolache Preda's Mother

Elena Dacian

Judge Elefterescu

Alexandru Dobrescu

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