Betrayal

Nov 24, 1993

1h 43m

★ 6.6

Overview

After the war, in Bucharest, a young Romanian poet arrested for having written an article denouncing Stalinist crimes, will save his life by accepting to become a hostage of the regime.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Xaloc

Cactus Films

Parnasse Production

Filmex Romania

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Cast

George

Johan Leysen

L'Inspecteur

Alexandru Repan

Laura

Mireille Perrier

Maia Morgenstern

Cristea

Răzvan Vasilescu

Vlad

Radu Beligan

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