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The Stone Wedding

The Stone Wedding

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The Stone Wedding

1973

1h 21m

7.2(23 votes)

Drama

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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

Leopoldina Bălănuță

Fefeleaga

Eliza Petrăchescu

Eliza Petrăchescu

Nina Doniga

Paunita

Adrian Georgescu

Mircea Diaconu

Mircea Diaconu

dezertorul

Radu Boruzescu

Radu Boruzescu

Petre Gheorghiu

Petre Gheorghiu

Tatal

Ursula Nussbacher

Mireasa

George Calboreanu Jr.

Mirele

Ferenc Bencze

Ferenc Bencze

Sotul certaret

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Directed by: Mircea Veroiu
Dan Pița
Written by: Ion Agârbiceanu
Dan Pița
Produced by: Dumitru Solomon

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