Directed by:
Liviu CiuleiComposer:
Theodor GrigoriuPlots(1)
The year is 1916. Apostol Bologa (the outstanding Victor Rebengiuc), a Romanian officer in the Austro-Hungarian army, attends the execution of a deserter. Although he is convinced of the man’s guilt, the event leads him to begin to question the war of which he is now a part. His sense of military duty must contend with his deeply ingrained sense of humanity.... This brilliant, multilayered antiwar drama about a man’s transformation as a consequence of war received the Best Director Award at the 1965 festival in Cannes. The film, which has lost none of its currency or urgency almost 50 years later, was based on the eponymous work by the founder of the modern Romanian novel, Liviu Rebreanu. Director Liviu Ciulei described the film’s final scene as the most beautiful of his entire film career: “…man, woman, bread, salt and wine, love, life and death.” (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival)
(more)Cast
![Victor Rebengiuc](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/869/162869012_9e0ff1.jpg)
Victor Rebengiuc
Romania
Best movies:
The Moromete Family (1987)
Forest of the Hanged (1964)
Sand Cliffs (1983)
![Liviu Ciulei](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/277/277452_d38453.jpg)
Liviu Ciulei
Romania
Best movies:
Forest of the Hanged (1964)
![Stefan Stefan Ciubotarasu](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/278/278217_5e0010.jpg)
Stefan Stefan Ciubotarasu
Romania
Best movies:
Forest of the Hanged (1964)
The Column (1968)
György Kovács
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Forest of the Hanged (1964)
Michael the Brave (1971)
Dacii (1967)
![Anna Széles](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/169/203/169203033_c34cfu.jpg)
Anna Széles
Romania
Best movies:
Meanders (1966)
Forest of the Hanged (1964)
Agnus Dei (1971)
![Gina Patrichi](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274689_6990e4.jpg)
Gina Patrichi
Romania
Best movies:
The Moromete Family (1987)
Forest of the Hanged (1964)
Microphone Testing (1980)
Andrei Csiky
Romania
Best movies:
Forest of the Hanged (1964)
A Summer Tale (1976)
Judgement (1970)
![Emmerich Schäffer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/278/278219_aa504e.jpg)
Emmerich Schäffer
Romania
Best movies:
Forest of the Hanged (1964)
Michael the Brave (1971)
The Doom (1976)
Costache Antoniu
Romania
Best movies:
Forest of the Hanged (1964)
Emil Botta
Romania
Best movies:
The Reenactment (1968)
Forest of the Hanged (1964)
Blazing Winter (1965)
László Kiss
Hungary
Best movies:
Forest of the Hanged (1964)
Nicolae Tomazoglu
Best movies:
Forest of the Hanged (1964)
Constantin Brezeanu
Best movies:
Forest of the Hanged (1964)
The Last Bullet (1973)
Ion Caramitru
Romania
Best movies:
Citizen X (1995) (TV movie)
Forest of the Hanged (1964)
Mission: Impossible (1996)
George Aurelian
Romania
Best movies:
Forest of the Hanged (1964)
Blazing Winter (1965)
Michael the Brave (1971)
Mihai Mereuta
Romania
Best movies:
Forest of the Hanged (1964)
Michael the Brave (1971)
The Doom (1976)
![Gheorghe Cozorici](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/278/278221_79018b.jpg)
Gheorghe Cozorici
Romania
Best movies:
Forest of the Hanged (1964)
Ciuleandra (1985)
Mariana Mihut
Romania
Best movies:
Forest of the Hanged (1964)
The Oak (1992)
Why Are the Bells Ringing, Mitica? (1981)
![Toma Caragiu](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270849_b3f121.jpg)
Toma Caragiu
Romania
Best movies:
Forest of the Hanged (1964)
Haiducii (1966)
The Poseidon Explosion (1973)
Nae Roman
Best movies:
Forest of the Hanged (1964)