A Police Inspector Calls

Name: A Police Inspector Calls
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Released: 1974-04-01
Duration: 1 h 54 min
Cast: Sergiu Nicolaescu, Jean Constantin, Amza Pellea, Ion Besoiu, Ștefan Mihăilescu-Brăila

1974·Movie·114 min·★ 7.8(14)

Action Crime Thriller

The Iron Guard, also known as Legion of Archangel Michael, was a Romanian nationalist and patriotic movement of extreme right; as such, after it rose to power, it supported Nazi Germany and started a fierce campaign of retaliation against its political enemies. As such, in the night of November 26-27, 1940, the Death Teams executed forty political prisoners in the Jilava prison (in the movie, named "Viraga"), and next day, other two Teams arrested and shot the former minister Virgil Madgearu and the world famous historian Nicolae Iorga. To squash down the political outcry, the Police Prefect Stefan Zävoianu conveniently assigns the cases to a commissioner from the "Morals Division" (prostitution, thieves), Tudor Moldovan, hoping that he will fail to get to the bottom of the case. However, Moldovan has communist sympathies, so he quickly comes under the influence of the Bolshevik Pîrvu, who had escaped during the Viraga...

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About A Police Inspector Calls

A Police Inspector Calls is a 1974 Romanian-language action, crime and thriller film directed by Sergiu Nicolaescu. The cast is led by Sergiu Nicolaescu, Jean Constantin, Amza Pellea. It has a runtime of 1h 54m.

A Police Inspector Calls was produced by România Film and made in Romania. It was released on April 1, 1974.

Director: Sergiu Nicolaescu
Writers: Mircea Gândilă, Sergiu Nicolaescu, Vintilă Corbul
Release date: April 1, 1974
Original language: Romanian
Status: Released
Country: Romania
Production: România Film

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A Police Inspector Calls cast & crew

A Police Inspector Calls was directed by Sergiu Nicolaescu and written by Mircea Gândilă, Sergiu Nicolaescu, and Vintilă Corbul.

The cast features Sergiu Nicolaescu as Tudor Moldovan, Jean Constantin as Limbă, Amza Pellea as Ion Pîrvu, Ion Besoiu as Vișan Năvodeanu, Ștefan Mihăilescu-Brăila as Costache, and Vasile Nițulescu as Comisarul Ilarie Bucur.

Behind the camera, the score was composed by Richard Oschanitzky and cinematography is by Alexandru David.

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At 1h 54m, it's a standard feature-length watch.

If you enjoy action, crime, and thriller, A Police Inspector Calls is worth a place on your watchlist.

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