Lupeni 29
Genres
Overview
Based on true events. In the Romanian town of Lupeni August 5, 1929, driven to despair by hard labor conditions miners under the leadership of Communists organized a strike. The miners demanded higher wages and an eight-hour workday. They opposed the government's attempts to shift the entire burden of the economic crisis onto the workers' shoulders. The government, concerned about the scale of the strike and the workers' determination not to give in to their demands, ordered troops to shoot at unarmed people. On August 7, the strike was brutally suppressed. Many workers were killed. But these events have forever gone down in the history of the Romanian labor movement as an example of solidarity, heroism and invincibility of the people.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
0 min
Release Date
1963-02-11
Status
Released
Original Language
Romanian
Vote Count
1
Vote Average
6
Lica Gheorghiu
Ioana
Colea Răutu
Petre Letean
George Calboreanu
Tudor Baci
Ștefan Ciubotărașu
Varga
Ilarion Ciobanu
Danet
Fory Etterle
prosecutor
George Motoi
Ioana's first husband
Boris Ciornei
The poet officer
Costel Constantinescu
Mateianu
Toma Dimitriu
The gendarme commander
Dumitru Furdui
Mirica
Dinu Gherasim
prefect
Gheorghe Măruță
The director of the mine
Draga Olteanu Matei
Varga's wife
Constantin Rauțchi
Hudici
Willy Ronea
The mine engineer
Sandu Sticlaru
Mihaila
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