Through the Ashes of the Empire

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Through the Ashes of the Empire
Directed by Andrei Blaier
Story by Zaharia Stancu (novel  [ ro ])
Starring Gheorghe Dinică
Gabriel Oseciuc  [ ro ]
Release date
  • 1976 (1976)
Running time
101 minutes
CountryRomania
LanguageRomanian

Through the Ashes of the Empire (Romanian : Prin cenușa imperiului) is a 1976 Romanian war drama film directed by Andrei Blaier. [1] [2] It is a picaresque tale of betrayal, survival and coming of age based on the novel Jocul cu moartea  [ ro ] by Zaharia Stancu.

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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.

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