Cast: Stefan Iordache, Adrian Pintea, Gheorghe Visu, Marcel Iures, Ovidiu Ghinita, Maia Morgenstern, Mariana Mihut, Irina Petrescu, Julieta Ghiga, Valentin Uritescu, Ileana Predescu, Bujor Macrin, Petre Simionescu
Script: Serban Marinescu
Based on the writings of Camil Petrescu: ”Patul lui Procust”, ”Jocul Ielelor”, ”Cei care platesc cu viata”
Photography: Vlad Paunescu
Music: Dan Stefanica
Sound: Horea Murgu
Editing: Nita Chivulescu
Costumes: Oana Paunescu
Sets: Lucian Nicolau
Produced by: Casa de Film Patru
Original title: Cei care platesc cu viata
Year: 1991
Country: Romania
Running time: 102`
Genre: Drama
Festival history
Awards
ACIN 1989
- Best Director
- Best Music
- Best Leading Actress (Maia Morgenstern)
- Best Leading Actor (Stefan Iordache)
- Best Supporting Actress (Mariana Mihut)
- Best Supporting Actor (Ovidiu Ghinita)
Synopsis: Right after First World War, the politicians are back to work in the beautiful Bucharest. This political melodrama displays the struggle of a journalist, the director of the newspaper `Social Justice`, for absolute truth and, thus, absolute justice. Although he had hoped that his situation and, by default, the one of the newspaper, would have to gain if the politicians of the time got involved, things got complicated. In a parallel story brought forward in the same movie, a delicate poet, coming home from war, after having served his country, falls madly in love with a very rich woman. He doesn`t stand a chance, though, because of his pauper situation.
