''The Doom'' ( ro, Osînda) is a 1976 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
Sergiu Nicolaescu
Sergiu Florin Nicolaescu (; 13 April 1930 – 3 January 2013) was a Romanian film director, actor and politician.
He was best known for his historical films, such as ''Mihai Viteazul'' (1970, released in English both under the equivalent titl ...
. The film was entered into the
10th Moscow International Film Festival
The 10th Moscow International Film Festival was held 7-21 July 1977. The Golden Prizes were awarded to the Hungarian film ''The Fifth Seal'' directed by Zoltán Fábri, the Spanish film '' El puente'' directed by Juan Antonio Bardem and the Sovi ...
where
Amza Pellea
Amza Pellea (; 7 April 1931 – 12 December 1983) was a Romanian actor noted for playing Romanian national heroes on film.
He was born in Băilești, Oltenia, and attended the Carol I High School in Craiova. He later played at the Craiova T ...
won the award for Best Actor.
The film was also selected as the Romanian entry for the
Best Foreign Language Film
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Best Actor/Best Actress
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at the
49th Academy Awards
The 49th Academy Awards were presented Monday, March 28, 1977, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, California. The ceremonies were presided over by Richard Pryor, Ellen Burstyn, Jane Fonda, and Warren Beatty. ''Network'' and ''All ...
, but was not accepted as a nominee.
Plot
Peasant Manolache Preda returns to his village after an absence of twelve years. After serving ten years in the salt mines as punishment for killing the local landowner during a peasant's revolt, he served two years in the army, fighting in WW1. On his return he finds his wife has sold his land to the nephew of the landowner he killed and has taken up with another man. Shunned by other villagers, he finds work with the Boyar, the landowner, but when the Boyar is killed by local bandits he runs for his life, fearing he will be blamed.
Cast
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Amza Pellea
Amza Pellea (; 7 April 1931 – 12 December 1983) was a Romanian actor noted for playing Romanian national heroes on film.
He was born in Băilești, Oltenia, and attended the Carol I High School in Craiova. He later played at the Craiova T ...
as taranul Manolache Preda
*
Ernest Maftei
Ernest Maftei (; 6 March 1920 – 19 October 2006) was a Romanian film actor. He appeared in more than seventy films from 1953 to 2006.
Biography
Born in Prăjești, Bacău County, he attended high school in Bacău, and, at age 17, he joined the ...
as cantonierul Sava Petrache
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Gheorghe Dinică
Gheorghe Dinică (; 1 January 1934 – 10 November 2009) was a Romanian actor.
Career
Dinică showed an early interest in acting, being part of different amateur theater troupes since he was 17. In 1957, he entered The National Institute of Thea ...
as Ion, Seful de Post de Jandarmi
* Ioana Pavelescu as taranca Ruxsandra
*
Sergiu Nicolaescu
Sergiu Florin Nicolaescu (; 13 April 1930 – 3 January 2013) was a Romanian film director, actor and politician.
He was best known for his historical films, such as ''Mihai Viteazul'' (1970, released in English both under the equivalent titl ...
as Procurorul Tudor Marin
* Emmerich Schäffer as Boierul Leon Paraianu
* Mihai Mereuta as Plutonierul Bobinca
*
Aimée Iacobescu
Aimée Iacobescu (1 June 1946 – 27 March 2018) was a Romanian actress. as Magda Paraianu
See also
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References
External links
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1976 films
1976 drama films
1970s Romanian-language films
Films directed by Sergiu Nicolaescu
Romanian drama films
Films set in 1919
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