Ion: The Lust for the Land, the Lust for Love
1980Jon, a young peasant love more "the land" than his engaged girlhood, Florica.Just when Ion thinks he has become master of his own land, he realizes that he has betrayed his heart, and that he is still in love with Florica, not with his wife. It is the curse of love that will be Ion's undoing. Badly mistreated, Ana, his wife, is driven to despair and she hangs herself. Ion, now free and wealthy, believes that the time has come for him to have Florica. Florica's husband, George waylays Ion and savagely murders him with a hoe.
Acted in
Şerban Ionescu
as Ion
Ioana Crăciunescu
as Ana Baciu
Leopoldina Bălănuță
as Zenobia
Ion Besoiu
as Ion Belciug
Tamara Buciuceanu-Botez
as Maria Herdelea
Petre Gheorghiu
as Vasile Baciu
Valentin Teodosiu
as Gheorghe
Octavian Cotescu
as Zaharia Herdelea
Catrinel Dumitrescu
as Laura
Romeo Pop
as Titus Herdelea
Valeria Seciu
as Savista
Costel Constantin
as Grofșoru
Jean Lorin Florescu
as Avrum the Bartender
Dan Nuțu
as Lieutenant
Zephi Alșec
as Dernstein
Sorina Stănculescu
as Florica