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Crumbled Citadel

1957 · 114 min

A quiet, talky chamber drama where a family's private fractures mirror a country's forced transformation.

Directed by
Haralambie Boroş, Marc Maurette
Genres
Drama
Starring
Marcela Rusu, György Kovács, Ion Finteşteanu
Overview
This movie is a screen adaptation of the eponymous play by Horia Lovinescu. It follows a "bourgeois" family as it copes with the emerging communist regime. Different members of the family take different paths.

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Directed by
Haralambie Boroş, Marc Maurette
Genres
Drama
Starring
Marcela Rusu, György Kovács, Ion Finteşteanu
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • politics
  • betrayal
  • class
  • identity
Places
  • home
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance2
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Haralambie Boroş, Marc Maurette
Written by
Ion Daniel, Haralambie Boroş, Marc Maurette
Starring
Marcela Rusu, György Kovács, Ion Finteşteanu, Maria Cupcea, Ana Luca, Petre Gheorghiu, Nataşa Alexandra, Nicky Atanasiu
Cinematography
Aurel Boian
Runtime
114 min
Country
Romania
Languages
Romanian

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