The Uprising

The Uprising

1966 · 104 min · ★ 7.3 · History, Drama

After years of deplorable conditions of poverty and injustice, peasants revolt against the landowners, the social elite, and police in this routine social drama. A peasant woman is raped by a lecherous wealthy lesbian, and chaos breaks out in the rural areas where the poor suffer the most from the oppressive social and economic conditions.

Directed by Mircea Mureșan · Written by Petre Sălcudeanu

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