This Is the Moment

This Is the Moment

1970 · 97 min · ★ 10.0 · Drama, War

The romantic vagrant, Moldovian Mihai Adam goes to Spain to be enlisted as volunteer fighter against the Franco regime.

Directed by Emil Loteanu · Written by Emil Loteanu

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