Beyond the Sands

Name: Beyond the Sands
Director: Radu Gabrea
Genre: Drama
Released: 1974-02-18
Duration: 1 h 38 min
Rating: 6.3
Cast: Dan Nuțu, George Constantin, Mircea Albulescu, Emil Botta, Gina Patrichi

Directed by Radu Gabrea

Drama

19741h 38m6.3

Overview

Bad luck and bad judgment follow two generations of men in this Rumanian tragedy, set in the World War II era. Ion (Dan Nutu) seeks to find out why many years ago his father was falsely accused of being a communist, an accusation which led to his execution. He discovers that his father's mistress, now married to a wealthy man, made the accusation for money, as she was deathly afraid of poverty. Ion's own girlfriend seems to be similarly concerned about issues of livelihood, and abandons him for a richer suitor. Frustrated and angry, he burns down these couple's houses and takes up with some anti-communist arms smugglers.