

Forest of the Hanged
1965-03-16 · 165 min · ★ 6.6
In 1916 as an officer in the Habsburg Army ethnic Romanian Apostol Bologa is torn between remaining loyal to the Habsburgs or deserting to the Romanian Army across enemy lines.
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- Directors
- Liviu Ciulei
- Production companies
- România Film, Studioul Cinematografic București
- Countries
- Romania
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Victor RebengiucApostol Bologa
Anna SzélesIlona
Ștefan CiubotărașuPetre
Gina PatrichiRoza
Liviu CiuleiKlapka
Costache AntoniuPriest
Marga Barbu
Emil BottaCervenko
Ion CaramitruPetre Petre
Gheorghe CozoriciRomanian lieutenant
András CsikyVarga
Mihai MereuţăCorporal
Mariana MihuțMarta Domșa
Silvia Popovici
György KovácsVon Karg
Emmerich SchäfferJohann Maria Müller
George AurelianDomșa
Toma CaragiuCaptainTitle information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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