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Mitrea Cocor (1953)

Mitrea Cocor poster
Directed by
Victor Iliu
Genre
war film
Country
Romania
Runtime
1h 50m
Rating
8.7 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

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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