Depicts Romania during World War II, focusing on the Royal Coup that toppled Ion Antonescu, the Axis-allied Conducător and authoritarian Prime Minister. Focused around the August 23rd 1944 coup against Marshal Antonescu, the movie also tackles other topics from the same era such as the Iron Guard rebellion and the execution of political leaders by communists.
Ion Siminie
as Marshal Ion Antonescu
Adrian Vâlcu
as King Mihai I (as Adrian Vîlcu)
Gheorghe Dinică
as Mihai Antonescu
Ștefan Radoff
as Iuliu Maniu
Şerban Ionescu
as Lucretiu Patrascanu
Sergiu Nicolaescu
as
Jürgen Lederer
as
Nicolas König
as (as König Nicolas)
George Alexandru
as
Mircea Rusu
as
Ştefan Iordache
as
Dorel Vișan
as Petru Groza
