Mitrea Cocor (1953)

Directed by

Victor Iliu

Genre

war film

Country

Romania

Runtime

1h 50m

Rating

8.7 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A poor young Romanian man fights in World War Two. He comes back home as the Soviet Red Army moves into Romania.

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What happens

Mitrea Cocor is a 1952 Romanian war drama film directed by Victor Iliu and Marietta Sadova. It is based on the 1949 socialist realist novel of the same name by Mihail Sadoveanu. A poor young Romanian goes off to fight during the Second World War, and returns home at the same time as the Red Army advances into the country. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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