Portrait of the Fighter as a Young Man
| Portrait of the Fighter as a Young Man | |
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| Directed by | Constantin Popescu Jr. |
| Written by | Constantin Popescu Jr. |
| Starring | Constantin Diţă |
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Running time | 163 minutes |
| Country | Romania |
| Language | Romanian |
Portrait of the Fighter as a Young Man (Romanian: Portretul luptătorului la tinereţe) is a 2010 Romanian drama film directed by Constantin Popescu Jr. It was released at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival.
Plot
The film is the first part of a trilogy which describes the fight of anticommunist resistance of Romanians in the 50s. This first movie is centered on the figure of Ion Gavrilă Ogoranu, a member of the fascist and anti-Semitic Iron Guard, played by Constantin Diţă.
Due to its implied antisemitic nature, the film has raised protest from the Elie Wiesel National Institute for Studying the Holocaust in Romania.[1]
In April 2010, the movie received the Public Award and the Image Award (Liviu Marghidan) at B-EST Film Festival in Bucharest.[2]
The film was released in Romania on 18 November 2010.[3]
Cast
- Constantin Diţă
- Alexandru Potocean
- Răzvan Vasilescu
- Mimi Brănescu
- Teodor Corban
- Mihai Constantin
- Bogdan Dumitrache
- Mimi Brănescu
- Dan Bordeieanu
- Cătălin Babliuc
- Constantin Lupescu
- Nicodim Ungureanu
- Alin Mihalache
- Radu Iacoban
References
- ↑ Der Spiegel, Protests from Holocaust Institute: Berlinale Resists Call to Pull Romanian Film, February 17, 2010.
- ↑ Ziarul Lumina, La unison despre crimele comunismului II, May 15, 2010 (Romanian) .
- ↑ Evenimentul zilei, Partizanii lui Ogoranu, primiţi cu entuziasm la Bratislava, November 12, 2010 (Romanian) .