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Flames over Treasures (1988)

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Original title
Flăcări pe comori
Directed by
Nicolae Mărgineanu
Genre
Romanian historical film
Country
Romania
Runtime
1h 35m
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A gold mine in Romania is rumored to be haunted. The film follows the people connected to the mine as they deal with the strange events there.

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What happens

Flames over Treasures (Romanian: Flacăra pe Comori, and also known as Flames on the Treasures), is a 1988 Romanian film produced by Romania Film and directed by Nicolae Mărgineanu from a script by Ion Agârbiceanu from Agârbiceanu's novel "Archangels." It concerns a gold mine in Romania reported to be haunted. It stars Mircea Albulescu, Claudiu Bleonț, Magda Catone, Remus Margineanu, Imola Gaspar, Valentin Uritescu and Melania Ursu. Flacăra pe Comori won the Prize for Direction at the Romanian National Film Festival, Costinesti, 1987. The film is released in the United States on DVD and VHS by Ager Film, a company dedicated to releasing Romanian films for home video. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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