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The Oak(1992)
Status: Released
Date: 1992-09-16
66%
43 Votes
Time: 1h 45m
Overview:
A description of Romania before Ceausescu's downfall, through the story of Nela. Daughter of a former colonel of the Securitate, the romanian political police. She refused to become as her sister, an agent of this Securitate, and lives with her father. After he died, she leaves Bucharest, and ends up in a little town, where she meets Mitica, a surgeon, another herself, laughing of everything.
Languages: Romanian.
Countries:
Romania,
France
Budget: $3,700,000.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Parnasse Production
Les Films du Scarabée
Movie: The Oak
Top 10 Billed Cast
Maia Morgenstern
Nela
Razvan Vasilescu
Mitica
Victor Rebengiuc
Village mayor
Dorel Vișan
Country Priest
Mariana Mihuț
Priest's wife
Dan Condurache
Prosecutor
Magda Catone
Mitica's assistant
Gheorghe Visu
Priest in the train
Virgil Andriescu
Truica
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