Then I Sentenced Them All to Death (1972)

Genres: War, Drama

Country: Romania

Director: Sergiu Nicolaescu

Plot: A young boy is adopted by a priest and his wife during the Nazi occupation of Romania during the Second World War. He befriends the village idiot, who's despised by everyone else. When a German is killed in the last days of the war, the village is threatened with total destruction unless the murderer is handed over. The villagers decide to hand over the idiot.

Cast: Amza Pellea, Cristian Șofron, Ion Besoiu, Gheorghe Dinică, Ioana Bulcă, Octavian Cotescu, Iurie Darie, Ștefan Mihăilescu-Brăila, Sergiu Nicolaescu, Klára Sebők

Rating: 7.1 ⭐