The Cardinal

IMDb link: 10501980
IMDb rating: 7.7 (317 votes)
Genres: Drama, Biography, History
Director: Nicolae Margineanu
Cast: Mircea Andreescu, Cristian Iacob, Cristian Bota, Radu Botar, Richard Bovnoczki, Ioan Andrei Ionescu and others

Release date: 24 Oct 2019
Release year: 2019
Runtime: 100 minutes
Country: Romania
Keywords: greek catholic, faith, communist repression, torture, political detention

Plot:

Sighet prison in communist Romania. An catholic cardinal considered a national hero is faced with an unusual torturer. There is only one way out, conversion or death.

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