''Portrait of the Fighter as a Young Man'' ( ro, Portretul luptătorului la tinerețe) is a 2010 Romanian

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

directed by Constantin Popescu Jr. It was released at the

60th Berlin International Film Festival The 60th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 11 to 21 February 2010, with Werner Herzog as President of the Jury. The opening film of the festival was Chinese director Wang Quan'an's romantic drama ''Apart Together'', in comp ...

Plot

The film is the first part of a trilogy which describes the fight of the Romanian anticommunist resistance in the 50s. This first movie is centered on the figure of

Ion Gavrilă Ogoranu Ion Gavrilă Ogoranu (January 6, 1923 – May 1, 2006) was a member of the fascist paramilitary organization the Iron Guard, who between 1948 and 1955, after the Soviet occupation of Romania and the establishment of the Romanian People's Republic, ...

, a member of the

fascist Fascism is a far-right, Authoritarianism, authoritarian, ultranationalism, ultra-nationalist political Political ideology, ideology and Political movement, movement,: "extreme militaristic nationalism, contempt for electoral democracy and pol ...

and

anti-Semitic Antisemitism (also spelled anti-semitism or anti-Semitism) is hostility to, prejudice towards, or discrimination against Jews. A person who holds such positions is called an antisemite. Antisemitism is considered to be a form of racism. Antis ...

Iron Guard The Iron Guard ( ro, Garda de Fier) was a Romanian militant revolutionary fascist movement and political party founded in 1927 by Corneliu Zelea Codreanu as the Legion of the Archangel Michael () or the Legionnaire Movement (). It was strongly ...

, played by Constantin Diță. In April 2010, the movie received the Public Award and the Image Award (Liviu Marghidan) at B-EST Film Festival in Bucharest. The film was released in Romania on 18 November 2010.Evenimentul zilei, Partizanii lui Ogoranu, primiţi cu entuziasm la Bratislava, November 12, 2010

Cast

* Constantin Diță *

Alexandru Potocean Alexandru Potocean (; born 26 April 1984) is a Romanian film actor. He has appeared in more than fifteen films since 2005. Selected filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Potocean, Alexandru 1984 births Living people A ...

Răzvan Vasilescu Răzvan Vasilescu (; born 14 August 1954) is a Romanian actor. He has appeared in 40 films and television shows since 1979. He starred in ''The Oak'', which was screened out of competition at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival. Selected filmography ...

Mimi Brănescu Mimi Brănescu (; born 31 March 1974) is a Romanian actor. He appeared in more than twenty films since 2004. Biography Born in Lehliu, Călărași County, he studied at the Caragiale National University of Theatre and Film in Bucharest Buc ...

Teodor Corban Teodor Corban (; born 28 April 1957 in Iași) is a Romanian actor. Filmography * ''One Floor Below'' (2015) - Pătrașcu * ''Aferim!'' (2015) - Constantin * ''A Very Unsettled Summer'' (2013) - The Boss (as Teo Corban) * ''Child's Pose (film)'' ...

Mihai Constantin Mihai () is a Romanian given name for males or a surname. It is equivalent to the English name Michael. A variant of the name is Mihail. Its female form is Mihaela. As a given name *Mihai I of Romania (1921–2017), King of Romania until 1947 *Miha ...

Bogdan Dumitrache Bogdan or Bohdan ( Cyrillic: Богдан) is a Slavic masculine name that appears in all Slavic countries as well as Romania and Moldova. It is derived from the Slavic words '' Bog/Boh'' (Cyrillic: Бог), meaning "god", and ''dan'' (Cyrillic ...

* Dan Bordeieanu * Cătălin Babliuc * Constantin Lupescu *

Nicodim Ungureanu Nicodim (), born Nicolae Munteanu (; 6 December 1864, Pipirig, Neamț County, Romania – 27 February 1948, Bucharest), was the head of the Romanian Orthodox Church (Patriarch of All Romania) between 1939 and 1948. Biography He studied theol ...

* Ingrid Bisu * Alin Mihalache * Radu Iacoban

References

External links

* Romanian drama films {{Romania-film-stub