Then I Sentenced Them All to Death

Then I Sentenced Them All to Death

1972 · 103 min · RO · 6.7 (21 votes)
Dir. Sergiu Nicolaescu · Starring Amza Pellea, Cristian Șofron, Ion Besoiu, Gheorghe Dinică, Ioana Bulcă, Octavian Cotescu · Music Tiberiu Olah
WarDrama

A young boy is adopted by a priest and his wife during the Nazi occupation of Romania during the Second World War. He befriends the village idiot, who's despised by everyone else. When a German is killed in the last days of the war, the village is threatened with total destruction unless the murderer is handed over. The villagers decide to hand over the idiot.

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A grim and unflinching look at wartime morality, this film plunges you into the desperate choices made under duress. It's a heavy, character-driven drama that explores the darker aspects of human nature when survival is on the line.

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