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Gently Was Anastasia Passing

Gently Was Anastasia Passing

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DramaWar

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A border town on the Danube, 1944. The town is occupied by the Germans, and there are plenty of collaborators. A number of the young men join the partisans, kill a Serbian, and throw his body into the village, forbidding anyone to bury it. Anastasia refuses to obey the order…

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Romanian

Runtime

95 mins

Rating

7/10

Release Date

01 January 1980

Country

Romania

Cast

Anda Onesa

Anda Onesa

Anastasia

Amza Pellea

Amza Pellea

Costaiche

Tark Laszlo

Tark Laszlo

Stoicovici

Levente Bíró

Levente Bíró

Doctor

Cristian Ghiță

Cristian Ghiță

Man with Dumb-Bells

Imola Gáspár

Imola Gáspár

Slujnica aratoasa

Catalin Ciornei

Catalin Ciornei

Razvan Onesa

Razvan Onesa

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