Life Doesn't Spare

Life Doesn't Spare

1959 · 75 min · ★ 5.8 · Drama

Dying in the trenches during World War II, Stefan looks back at his own life and that of his father. Through his memories, the film presents a story that embraces two generations and various eras. It is a film about the tragedy of lives dragged into conflicts against their will, of lives violently ruined or ended – a story about the devastating consequences of war. Interweaving past and present, the flashback narrative depicts the war as a perpetual situation where the “little people” always turn out to be on the losing side.

Directed by Iulian Mihu · Written by Alexandru Sahia

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