Then I Sentenced Them All to Death (1972)

7.1/10 103 min War Drama

Overview

A young boy is adopted by a priest and his wife during the Nazi occupation of Romania during the Second World War. He befriends the village idiot, who's despised by everyone else. When a German is killed in the last days of the war, the village is threatened with total destruction unless the murderer is handed over. The villagers decide to hand over the idiot.

Cast

Amza Pellea

Ipu

Cristian Șofron

Elev in vacanta

Ion Besoiu

Parintele Ioan

Gheorghe Dinică

Notar

Ioana Bulcă

Margareta

Octavian Cotescu

Doctorul Bunu

Iurie Darie

Ilegalist, fratele elevului

Ștefan Mihăilescu-Brăila

Plutonierul Gociman

Sergiu Nicolaescu

Colonel von Eck

Klára Sebők

Clara

Eugenia Bosânceanu

M-me Bunu

Eliza Petrăchescu

Fumegoaia

Ernest Maftei

Marcu

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