The Column (1968)

Original title

Columna

Directed by

Mircea Drăgan

Genre

war film

Country

Romania, Germany

Runtime

2h 13m

Rating

7.6 of 10 from 16 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film follows the period after the Roman conquest of Dacia in 106 AD. It shows the establishment of the Roman province, the building of the new capital, and the ongoing conflicts with free Dacians and barbarian invaders.

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What happens

The Column (Romanian: Columna) is a 1968 Romanian historical film directed by Mircea Drăgan. The film was selected as the Romanian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 41st Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. The action starts near the end of Trajan's Dacian Wars (106 AD), when south western Dacia was transformed into a Roman province: Roman Dacia. It covers the years after the war, including the beginnings of the Romanization and Romanian ethnogenesis, the construction of Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegetusa, resistance of the Free Dacians, and first barbarian invasions. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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