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Golgotha

1966 · 81 min

A stark, black-and-white drama of quiet defiance, where grief and injustice simmer under institutional pressure, demanding attention and leaving a somber, heavy impression.

Overview
Six widows demand compensation for the death of their husbands, who were killed during a worker's strike. The women are arrested and taken to the police quarters, where the authorities try to make them retract their statements, but it turns out they're not so easily intimidated.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • justice
  • grief
  • power
  • corruption
  • class
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
  • workplace
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour1
Realism8
Romance0
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama, history
Directed by
Mircea Drăgan
Written by
Nicolae Țic, Mircea Drăgan
Starring
Draga Olteanu Matei, Ioana Drăgan, Viorica Farkas, Violeta Andrei, Réka Nagy, Nunuta Hodos, Gheorghe Dinică, Sebastian Papaiani
Cinematography
George Cornea
Runtime
81 min
Country
Romania
Languages
Romanian

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