Brass on Fire

Sep 19, 2002

1h 43m

★ 0.0

Overview

When Henry Ernst toured Romania in 1996, he came across a wedding band who called themselves Fanfare Ciocarlia. This is the story of that meeting, and how Ernst introduced the band to the world.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Umwelt Film Produktion

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Cast

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Constantin Calin

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Constantin Cantea

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Nicusor Cantea

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Nicolae Ionita

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Daniel Ivancea

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Ioan Ivancea

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Laurentiu Mihai Ivancea

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Oprica Ivancea

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