Lupeni 29

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

Cast

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