Through the Ashes of the Empire () is a 1976 Romanian war drama film directed by Andrei Blaier."Through the Ashes of the Empire" at the Romanian Cinematheque in London (aarc.ro)Andrei Blaier’s 'Through the Ashes of the Empire' at the Romanian Cinematheque (icr-london.co.uk) It is a picaresque tale of betrayal, survival and coming of age based on the novel by Zaharia Stancu.
Plot In 1917, during World War I, the Diplomate and young Darie escape from a Bucharest occupied by the German Army only to come across, as they progress 'through the ashes' of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the sufferance, despair, generosity and heroism that will lead them to very different conclusions.
Cast
Gheorghe Dinică as the Diplomate as young Darie as Spelbul as Siteavul as Dodu Ernest Maftei as the Lăutar as the Sergeant (Feldwebel) as a Romanian prisoner as the white-bearded prisoner as another prisoner Petre Gheorghiu as the prisoner with glasses Traian Petruț as another prisoner Ion Porsilă as another prisoner Anton Aftenie as Nea Aftenie, another prisoner as a young prisoner as the Fisherman as the German officer Irina Petrescu as the Serbian woman as a Greek woman Elena Albu as another Greek woman as the Serbian partisan leader Mircea Bașta as the socialist militant as the Serbian interpreter Gheorghe Tomescu as the police commissioner Constantin Vîrtejanu Marieta Luca Emil Raisenauer Nicolae Simion Ion Manolescu Victor Radovici
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See also List of World War I films List of films based on war books