简介：AfterthedeathofPrinceStephentheGreatthethroneofthePrincipalityofMoldaviaisupforgrabs.TwoofPrinceStephen'slegitimatedescendants,StefanTomsaandElisabetaMovilastartabloodycivilwarofsuccessionin1612.ElisabetaMovilaisthewidowofformerrulerIeremiaMovilaandmotherofConstantinMovilawhobrieflyheldthethroneofMoldaviabutwasoustedandreplacedbyPrinceStefanTomsa.TheybothhavelegitimateclaimstothethroneofMoldaviaandthisparticularsuccessionwarseemsinevitable.TheStefanTomsafactionismilitarilysupportedbytheOttomanTurksandbytheTatarKhanTemirBey.TheMovilafactionissupportedbyboyarsloyaltotheMovilaclanandbyafewPolishnoblesaidedbyanarmyofmercenaries.In1612thePrincipalityofMoldaviaisshatteredbywar.---imdb TudorŞoimaru(MichaelBoghi),asoldierinthearmyofPrinceTomsa(IonBesoiu),try,alongwithtwofriends,torescueMagda(AnaMariaNicolau),daughtersquireOrheianu(StefanCiubotarasu)CossackhetmanofhandsVasca,whichhadbeenkidnapped.MagdaTudorfallsinlove,butshedoesnotanswerhisfeelings. "Thefundamentalerrorofthedirector'sintentionwastoillustrateanovelclassic,soberanddenseinideas,withpompblockbusters.Theresultwasareadingsemidoctwithcardboardpalacesandbayaderesnaked,theepicnoveliscomplicated,absurdanduseless,anapproachlimitedembarrassingfacts,cinemaexhibition,poeticwithoutvibration.theattempttogiveplausibilitysituationbyusingalinguisticmosaicTowerofBabel,inwhichresoundsincondominium,linesspokeninTurkish,Tatar,Russian,Polish,eridiculousandhistoricalanachronismsaboundwithserenity,despiteafullassaultconsultants.themostembarrassingisprologuespokeninthenameofSadoveanu,colorlessvoice,thespeakerinthepresent".(TudorCaranfil) "Draganwantedtoscreenedaclassicnovel,soberanddense,withmeansofblockbustersfilmmakerwantedtoreconcilelogicplaywritingtextplasticfilmscapeandsword."-GeorgeTomozei-1965(Cinema) ---Cinemagia.ro…