The Valley Resounds

Aug 22, 1950

1h 8m

★ 5.6

Overview

Famous Romania communist propaganda movie, one of the templates to what followed. It is about the volunteers that built the Bumbești-Livezeni railroad.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Studioul Cinematografic București

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Cast

Ion

Marcel Anghelescu

Radu

Geo Barton

Niki Goguleanu

Radu Beligan

Ileana

Eugenia Popovici

Goguleanu

Ion Talianu

Mrs. Goguleanu

Maria Voluntaru

Sanda

Angela Chiuaru

Puiu Dumitrescu

Eng. Poenaru

Marcel Enescu

Vasilescu

Al Ionescu-Ghibericon

Petre

Puiu Hulubei

Old Man Gheorghe

Constantin Mitru

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0.0

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