In 1918 a defeated Austro-Hungarian Baron Colonel Von Görtz returns home to Transylvania which has just been lost to Romania. A vengeful Von Görtz punishes the nearby villagers but Romanian Major Tudor Andrei aids them.
Synopsis:
In a village in Transylvania, during the winter preceding the historic act of the Union in 1918, Colonel von Görtz, a count and owner of a splendid castle, terrorizes the villagers. He organizes a band of mercenaries whom he sends into the village, where each gunman will kill one person in every house as punishment for an imagined guilt. To save the villagers, Major Andrei is sent, who with a group of nine men will defeat the count's army (consisting of over fifty gunmen).
Directed by: Sergiu Nicolaescu
Cast: Gheorghe Cozorici, Sergiu Nicolaescu, Mircea Albulescu, Ion Besoiu, Amza Pellea, Violeta Andrei, George Mihăiță, Colea Răutu, Ileana Popovici
Script by: Liviu Gheorghiu, Sergiu Nicolaescu
Producer: Lidia Popiță Mohor
Cinematography: Nicolae Girardi
Edited by: Gabriela Nasta, Anca Dobrescu
Sound: Anusavan Salamanian
Music: Ileana Popovici
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