The Earth's Most Beloved Son
The verdict constitutes a brutal end to all his projects and ideals.
1993 · 1h 50m · N/A
Drama
Directed by
Șerban Marinescu
Overview
The life-story confession of a prisoner waiting for his trial. Victor Petrini, a promising intellectual in the 1950s and a lecturer in Philosophy is arrested by the repressive secret police, wrongly accused of espionage, and sentenced to prison and forced labor.
Director and cast
- Șerban Marinescu Director
- Ştefan Iordache as Victor Petrini
- Gheorghe Dinică as investigator
- Dorel Vișan as guard
- Maia Morgenstern as Matilda
- Ernest Bošnjak as librarian Nineta
- Tora Vasilescu as librarian Nineta
- Mircea Albulescu as inmate "the Greek"
- Valentin Uritescu as Dr. Marcu
- Emil Hossu as Iustin Comănescu
- Victor Rebengiuc as Apparatchik
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