The Punishment

In 1919 at the end of WW1 Romanian peasant Manolache Preda returns to his native village where he finds his woman taken by another and his land sold to the local landowner.

Cast

Sergiu Nicolaescu

as Procurorul Tudor Marian

Amza Pellea

as țăranul Manolache Preda

Ernest Maftei

as cantonierul Sava Petrache

Gheorghe Dinică

as Ion, Seful de Post de Jandarmi

Aimee Iacobescu

as Magda Paraianu

Ioana Pavelescu

as taranca Ruxsandra

Emmerich Schäffer

as Boierul Leon Paraianu

Mihai Mereuţă

as Plutonierul Bobinca

Nae Mazilu

as Iordan

Vasile Nițulescu

as The Priest

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