The Earth's Most Beloved Son

The Earth's Most Beloved Son

The verdict constitutes a brutal end to all his projects and ideals.

1993 · 110 min · ★ 7.0 · Drama

The life-story confession of a prisoner waiting for his trial. Victor Petrini, a promising intellectual in the 1950s and a lecturer in Philosophy is arrested by the repressive secret police, wrongly accused of espionage, and sentenced to prison and forced labor.

Directed by Șerban Marinescu

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