Overview
Depicts Romania during World War II, focusing on the Royal Coup that toppled Ion Antonescu, the Axis-allied Conducător and authoritarian Prime Minister. Focused around the August 23rd 1944 coup against Marshal Antonescu, the movie also tackles other topics from the same era such as the Iron Guard rebellion and the execution of political leaders by communists.
Cast
- Ion Siminie as Marshal Ion Antonescu
- Adrian Vâlcu as King Mihai I (as Adrian Vîlcu)
- Gheorghe Dinică as Mihai Antonescu
- Ștefan Radoff as Iuliu Maniu
- Şerban Ionescu as Lucretiu Patrascanu
- Sergiu Nicolaescu
- Jürgen Lederer
- Nicolas König as (as König Nicolas)
- George Alexandru
- Mircea Rusu