Portrait of the Fighter as a Young Man (2010)

When the Soviet Army marched into Romania in 1944, a part of the Romanian population went “into the mountains” – a diverse assortment of nationalists and fascists, liberals, apolitical farmers and members of the middle-class, who were affected by the Communists’ expropriations. Over a thousand armed resistance groups took refuge in the inaccessible forests of the Carpathian Mountains where they waited in vain for the support of the Western Allies. One of them was led by Ion Gavrilă-Ogoranu, who managed to remain undetected until 1976 when he was arrested. This film depicts the daily existence of this group. It tells the story of a struggle that became an end in itself, as the enemy was constantly in pursuit and arrest meant torture and often liquidation. Hungry and emotionally withdrawn, the group of young men got entangled in a partisan war that could not be won, lost in the landscape of the South Carpathians, accompanied by a vigilant secret police, the Securitate.

Directing:
  • Constantin Popescu Jr.

Writing:
  • Constantin Popescu Jr.

Stars:
Release Date: 2010-02-13
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  • Country: RO
  • Language: Română
  • Runtime: 163
Alexandru Potocean
Alexandru Pot...
Toma Pirău
Radu Iacoban
Radu Iacoban
Gelu Novac
Constantin Diţă
Constantin Di...
Ion Gavrilă Ogoranu
Bogdan Dumitrache
Bogdan Dumitr...
Laurian Hasiu - Leu
Dan Bordeianu
Dan Bordeianu
Victor Metea
Ionuţ Caras
Ionuţ Caras
Gheorghe Haşiu
Constantin Lupescu
Constantin Lu...
Ion Ilioi
Ingrid Bisu
Ingrid Bisu
Matilda Jubleanu
Emanuel Pârvu
Emanuel Pârvu
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