Redhead (1976)★ 7.1/10
- Drama
- War
Directed by: Francisc Munteanu
Written by: Francisc Munteanu
During the summer of 1944 a Romanian orphaned teenager is coping with the pain of being alone,hungry,homeless and harassed by the police and is suffering the rigors of detention in a juvenile correctional institution.
- Original title
- Redhead
- Storyline
- In 1944's Romania the home of teenager Mihai Secosan is destroyed by a German bomb and his parents are killed. The orphaned and homeless 15 year-old boy tries to enlist in the Romanian army but he's rejected due to his age. He starts hanging around with a professional pick-pocket. One day the thief shows Mihai the ex-police officer who often-times arrested and beat him. The ex-cop, officer Potra, is now the new director of a Juvenile Correctional Institution. Mihai asks the thief to report the abusive ex-cop to the Communist authorities but the thief refuses fearing retaliation. When Mihai and the thief steal a man's wallet Mihai is arrested and sent to the same Juvenile Institution where ex-cop Potra is now director.
- Rating
- 7.1 / 10 · 208
- Companies
- Casa de Filme Patru, Centrul de Productie Cinematografica Bucuresti, Romania Film, România Film
- Release dates
- RO December 20, 1976
- DDDE March 2, 1979
- HU August 16, 1979