Un comisar acuza
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The Iron Guard, also known as Legion of Archangel Michael, was a Romanian nationalist and patriotic movement of extreme right; as such, after it rose to power, it supported Nazi Germany and started a fierce campaign of retaliation against its political enemies. As such, in the night of November 26-27, 1940, the Death Teams executed forty political prisoners in the Jilava prison (in the movie, named "Viraga"), and next day, other two Teams arrested and shot the former minister Virgil Madgearu and the world famous historian Nicolae Iorga. To squash down the political outcry, the Police Prefect Stefan Zävoianu conveniently assigns the cases to a commissioner from the "Morals Division" (prostitution, thieves), Tudor Moldovan, hoping that he will fail to get to the bottom of the case. However, Moldovan has communist sympathies, so he quickly comes under the influence of the Bolshevik Pîrvu, who had escaped during the Viraga...
Genres
Action, Crime, Drama
Cast & Crew
Sergiu NicolaescuDirectorSergiu NicolaescuTudor Moldovan
Jean ConstantinLimbă
Amza PelleaIon Pîrvu
Ion BesoiuVișan Năvodeanu
Ștefan Mihăilescu-BrăilaCostache
Emmerich SchäfferStan Naumescu
Gheorghe DinicăParaipan
Alexandru DobrescuAvocatul Marin
Marin MoraruGhiță Petrescu
Alexandru DavidCinematographyUn comisar acuza
The Iron Guard, also known as Legion of Archangel Michael, was a Romanian nationalist and patriotic movement of extreme right; as such, after it rose to power, it supported Nazi Germany and started a fierce campaign of retaliation against its political enemies. As such, in the night of November 26-27, 1940, the Death Teams executed forty political prisoners in the Jilava prison (in the movie, named "Viraga"), and next day, other two Teams arrested and shot the former minister Virgil Madgearu and the world famous historian Nicolae Iorga. To squash down the political outcry, the Police Prefect Stefan Zävoianu conveniently assigns the cases to a commissioner from the "Morals Division" (prostitution, thieves), Tudor Moldovan, hoping that he will fail to get to the bottom of the case. However, Moldovan has communist sympathies, so he quickly comes under the influence of the Bolshevik Pîrvu, who had escaped during the Viraga...
Genres
Action, Crime, Drama
Cast & Crew
Sergiu NicolaescuDirectorSergiu NicolaescuTudor MoldovanJean ConstantinLimbăAmza PelleaIon PîrvuIon BesoiuVișan NăvodeanuȘtefan Mihăilescu-BrăilaCostacheEmmerich SchäfferStan NaumescuGheorghe DinicăParaipanAlexandru DobrescuAvocatul MarinMarin MoraruGhiță PetrescuAlexandru DavidCinematographyNot currently available on any streaming platform