The Uprising

The Uprising (1966)

Răscoala

After years of deplorable conditions of poverty and injustice, peasants revolt against the landowners, the social elite, and police in this routine social drama. A peasant woman is raped by a lecherous wealthy lesbian, and chaos breaks out in the rural areas where the poor suffer the most from the oppressive social and economic conditions.

Date of release
1966-06-08
TMDB
7.3 / 10 (7)
Runtime
1h 44m
Genres
History, Drama
Director
Mircea Mureșan

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Awards: 0 · Nominations: 1

Răscoala is a 1966 Romanian drama film directed by Mircea Mureșan based on a novel by Liviu Rebreanu about the Romanian peasant uprising of 1907. Mureșan won the prize for Best First Work at the 1966 Cannes Film Festival. It was the first Romanian film to be submitted to the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. However, it failed to be nominated.

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