Depicts Romania during World War II, focusing on the Royal Coup that toppled Ion Antonescu, the Axis-allied Conducător and authoritarian Prime Minister. Focused around the August 23rd 1944 coup against Marshal Antonescu, the movie also tackles other topics from the same era such as the Iron Guard rebellion and the execution of political leaders by communists.

Ion Siminie
as Marshal Ion Antonescu

Adrian Vâlcu
as King Mihai I (as Adrian Vîlcu)

Gheorghe Dinică
as Mihai Antonescu

Ștefan Radoff
as Iuliu Maniu

Şerban Ionescu
as Lucretiu Patrascanu

Sergiu Nicolaescu
as

Jürgen Lederer
as

Nicolas König
as (as König Nicolas)

George Alexandru
as

Mircea Rusu
as