Those Who Pay with Their Lives

Oct 16, 1989

1h 42m

★ 4.6

Overview

An uncompromising journalist obsessed with the idea of absolute justice ends up committing suicide after reading his father's biography. Based on three novels by Camil Petrescu.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Casa de Filme 4

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Cast

Gelu Ruscanu

Adrian Pintea

Șerban Saru-Sinești

Ştefan Iordache

N.D. Velescu

Gheorghe Visu

Dinu Dorcea

Marcel Iureș

George Demetru Ladima

Ovidiu Ghiniță

Nora

Mariana Mihuț

Irena

Irina Petrescu

Mrs. T.

Julieta Szönyi

Șerban Cantacuzino

Tudorel Filimon

Penciulescu

Valentin Uritescu

Doamna Sineşti

Ileana Predescu

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