Crumbled Citadel

Crumbled Citadel

1957 · 114 min · ★ 6.3 · Drama

This movie is a screen adaptation of the eponymous play by Horia Lovinescu. It follows a "bourgeois" family as it copes with the emerging communist regime. Different members of the family take different paths.

Directed by Marc Maurette · Written by Ion Daniel

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