At the End of the Line

Crișan and Cicea, two recently released prisoniers, are trying to reintegrate into a society which proves to be a hostile environment.

Cast

Mircea Albulescu

as Crișan

Dan Condurache

as Cicea

Livia Baba

Ioana Crăciunescu

as Any

Paul Lavric

Maria Dumitrache

as Miss Iliescu

George Corneanu

as Engineer

Marietta Rareș

Mihai Balaș

Zaharia Volbea

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