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(in credits order) | Victor Rebengiuc | ... | Apostol Bologa |
| Anna Széles | ... | Ilona |
| Stefan Ciubotarasu | ... | Petre |
| György Kovács | ... | Von Karg |
| Gina Patrichi | ... | Roza |
| Liviu Ciulei | ... | Klapka |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Costache Antoniu | ... | The Priest |
| Valeriu Arnautu | ||
| George Aurelian | ... | Domsa |
| Marga Barbu | ||
| Francisc Bencze | ||
| Emil Botta | ... | Cervenko |
| Constantin Brezeanu | ... | The Attorney |
| Toma Caragiu | ||
| Ion Caramitru | ... | Petre Petre |
| Gheorghe Cozorici | ||
| András Csiky | ... | Varga (as Andrei Csiky) |
| Laszlo Kiss | ... | Vidor |
| Mihai Mereuta | ||
| Mariana Mihut | ||
| Silvia Popovici | ||
| Nae Roman | ||
| Emmerich Schäffer | ... | Müller |
| Nicolae Secareanu | ||
| Nicolae Tomazoglu | ... | The Doctor |
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| Liviu Ciulei | |||
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| Titus Popovici | ||
| Liviu Rebreanu | novel | |
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| Theodor Grigoriu | |||
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| Ovidiu Gologan | |||
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| Yolanda Mîntulescu | |||
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| Giulio Tincu | |||
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| Giulio Tincu | |||
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| Ovidiu Bubulac | |||
| Ileana Oroveanu | |||
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| Ioana Simionescu | .... | makeup artist | |
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| Anusavan Salamanian | .... | sound | |
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| Petre Sorescu | .... | assistant camera | |
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- Real Video International (2006) (worldwide) (DVD)
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"Padurea spânzuratilor" - Romania (original title)
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Lt. Apostol Bologa could feel none of those qualities. Due to a districting quirk, he ended up on the wrong side in the Great War, a Romanian on the side of Austro-Hungary. Feeling like a traitor, he tries to redeem himself somehow... and thereby hangs a heartbreaking tale.
"Forest Of The Hanged" is an exceptional film on all levels. It played at the Romanian Film Festival at NYC's Lincoln Center last week, so I was probably the only Irishman at the festival but I'm glad I went (happily, the picture was sub-titled). I had no idea the Romanians were such advanced filmmakers - I don't know what I was expecting, actually. What I saw was acting seldom seen on the big screen, and a directing job so competent and nuanced I was emotionally exhausted at the end of the film. In fact, the director played a key role, and was one of the best performers in the picture. The sets and the photography were superb - I think perfect is a better word.
The film is similar in theme to 1957's "Paths Of Glory" but delves even deeper into the psyches of its characters. Although it is a war picture there are very few battle scenes and concentrates mainly on motivations and consequences.
If any IMDb reader gets the chance, go see it. I don't know how, though, as it's not available in any format except the 35mm print I saw it in. It's not a feel-good picture, but I can't miss the chance to recommend one of the all-time great pictures nobody's ever heard of. Incidentally, the running time is 154 minutes (2hrs 34min), not 1hr 54min - be prepared for an extra half-hour over the IMDb site run time.