Movie: The Punishment

Top 10 Billed Cast

Sergiu Nicolaescu
Sergiu Nicolaescu

Procurorul Tudor Marian

Amza Pellea
Amza Pellea

țăranul Manolache Preda

Ernest Maftei
Ernest Maftei

cantonierul Sava Petrache

Gheorghe Dinică
Gheorghe Dinică

Ion, Seful de Post de Jandarmi

Aimee Iacobescu
Aimee Iacobescu

Magda Paraianu

Ioana Pavelescu
Ioana Pavelescu

taranca Ruxsandra

Emmerich Schäffer
Emmerich Schäffer

Boierul Leon Paraianu

Mihai Mereuţă
Mihai Mereuţă

Plutonierul Bobinca

Nae Mazilu
Nae Mazilu

Iordan

Vasile Nițulescu
Vasile Nițulescu

The Priest

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    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.

  • Release Date

    1976-09-13

  • Average

    7.1

  • Rating:

    3.5 starts
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  • Languages:

    Română
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