Two bleak stories about absent love. In the first, a widow is working hard in a desperate attempt to save her dying daughter. The second tells the story of two wandering singers who kidnap a bride from her wedding.
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Leopoldina Bălănuță
Fefeleaga
Eliza Petrăchescu
Nina Doniga
Paunita
Adrian Georgescu
Mircea Diaconu
dezertorul
Radu Boruzescu
Petre Gheorghiu
Tatal
Ursula Nussbacher
Mireasa
George Calboreanu Jr.
Mirele
Ferenc Bencze
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