Mercenaries' Trap

Mercenaries' Trap

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Status

Released

Release Date

May 13, 1982

Runtime

1h 49m

Genres

War, Adventure

User Score

73%

Original Title

Capcana mercenarilor

Production Companies

Centrul de Producție Cinematografică București, Casa de Filme 5, DEFA

Director

Sergiu Nicolaescu

Description

The movie is based on a true story from the end of WWI, in Transylvania. A nobleman who owned some land in Transylvania returns home to find a part of his fortune burned to ashes during late 1918 when power was trasfered from AustroHungary to Romania. Looking for revenge, he ordered the killing of innocent Romanian peasants from a neighbouring village, which he suspected to be guilty for the losses he suffered. A Romanian officer from Romanian Transylvanian Volunteers Corp, decides to help the villagers to face the menace of the nobleman