The Cardinal

Name: The Cardinal
Director: Nicolae Mărgineanu
Genre: Drama
Released: 2019-10-01
Duration: 1 h 38 min
Rating: 8.7
Cast: Radu Botar, Ioachim Ciobanu, Cristian Iacob, Mircea Andreescu, Cristian Bota

“In the fifties, the leaders of the Greek-Catholic church are arrested and sent to the Sighet prison.”

2019

1h 38m

Drama

Director: Nicolae Mărgineanu

Writer: Bogdan Adrian Toma

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Overview

In the fifties, the leaders of the Greek-Catholic church are arrested and sent to the Sighet prison.The soviet regime has banned any church except the orthodox. Tortured and dehumanized, the only choices are conversion or death. The bishop Iuliu Hossu stands up in front of the torturers and through courage and stature becomes an inspiration for the other priests.