Across de Lifting Gate

Across de Lifting Gate

1965 · 79 min · ★ 7.8 · Drama

Vulpașin is desperatley in love with Nastasia, but she is partial to Luca, which works at a factory outside the slum they live in ("accros the lifting gate").

Directed by Francisc Munteanu · Written by Francisc Munteanu

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