Horia Lazăr (Alexandru) is an eager but inexperienced officer given a command of Romanian troops. His unit marches across Transylvania, Hungary, and Czechoslovakia, during which it suffers heavy casualties. Much of the second half of the film covers the Siege of Budapest, including German efforts to relieve it.
During the course of the war, Lazăr forms a relationship with Silvia (Onesa), the daughter of General Marinescu (played by Nicolaescu himself).
Productionedit
In lieu of working German tanks, T-34's with German markings and some modifications were used instead. Some of the filming took place at the Văcărești Monastery during March 1985. Damage was committed during the filming, the worst being a fracturing of a marble cross given by Constantine Mavrocordatos, one of the monastery's founders.[2]
Sergiu Nicolaescu wrote in his memoir that The Last Assault was the most censored of those films directed by him. The Leadership Council for Socialist Culture and Education forced the removal of a few key scenes: one involving violence committed by Hungarian soldiers; the removal of the Romanian Army from Budapest, on orders from Stalin, so that the Soviet Red Army could be the first to reach the Hungarian Parliament building; and the drama involving General Gheorghe Avramescu, who was accused by the Soviets of treason and was later executed (his daughter committed suicide while in detention).[3]
One scene involves a pianist found by Romanian troops within a bombed out home in Budapest; Nicolaescu claimed this as a reference to the story of Władysław Szpilman (who was actually in Warsaw), which was later dramatized in Roman Polanski's The Pianist.[4]
Receptionedit
The film was successful upon release. Many commented that The Last Assault felt like an American film, which Nicolaescu took as a compliment.[4] It was selected as the Romanian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 59th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.[5]
last, assault, romanian, linia, întâi, english, front, lines, 1986, romanian, drama, film, directed, sergiu, nicolaescu, during, world, during, period, when, romania, joined, allies, against, axis, directed, bysergiu, nicolaescuwritten, bytitus, popovicistarri. The Last Assault Romanian Noi cei din linia intai English We on the Front Lines is a 1986 Romanian drama film directed by Sergiu Nicolaescu 1 It is set during World War II during the period when Romania joined the Allies against the Axis The Last AssaultDirected bySergiu NicolaescuWritten byTitus PopoviciStarringGeorge AlexandruRelease date1985 1985 Running time156 minutesCountryRomaniaLanguageRomanian Contents 1 Plot 2 Production 3 Reception 4 Cast 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksPlot editHoria Lazăr Alexandru is an eager but inexperienced officer given a command of Romanian troops His unit marches across Transylvania Hungary and Czechoslovakia during which it suffers heavy casualties Much of the second half of the film covers the Siege of Budapest including German efforts to relieve it During the course of the war Lazăr forms a relationship with Silvia Onesa the daughter of General Marinescu played by Nicolaescu himself Production editIn lieu of working German tanks T 34 s with German markings and some modifications were used instead Some of the filming took place at the Văcărești Monastery during March 1985 Damage was committed during the filming the worst being a fracturing of a marble cross given by Constantine Mavrocordatos one of the monastery s founders 2 Sergiu Nicolaescu wrote in his memoir that The Last Assault was the most censored of those films directed by him The Leadership Council for Socialist Culture and Education forced the removal of a few key scenes one involving violence committed by Hungarian soldiers the removal of the Romanian Army from Budapest on orders from Stalin so that the Soviet Red Army could be the first to reach the Hungarian Parliament building and the drama involving General Gheorghe Avramescu who was accused by the Soviets of treason and was later executed his daughter committed suicide while in detention 3 One scene involves a pianist found by Romanian troops within a bombed out home in Budapest Nicolaescu claimed this as a reference to the story of Wladyslaw Szpilman who was actually in Warsaw which was later dramatized in Roman Polanski s The Pianist 4 Reception editThe film was successful upon release Many commented that The Last Assault felt like an American film which Nicolaescu took as a compliment 4 It was selected as the Romanian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 59th Academy Awards but was not accepted as a nominee 5 Cast editGeorge Alexandru as Lt Horia Lazăr Anda Onesa ro as Silvia Marinescu Valentin Uritescu as Sgt Saptefrati Ion Besoiu as Col Campeanu Ștefan Iordache as Count colonel Hashkotty Sergiu Nicolaescu as General Marinescu Mircea Albulescu as Horia Lazăr s father Silviu Stănculescu as Soviet general Colea Răutu as Sgt Pliushkin II Emil Hossu as soldier Munteanu ex political prisoner Vladimir Găitan as Soviet Lt Igor Ivanich Bodnarenko Marian Culiniac ro as Cpl Petre Mărgău from Treznea Ion Siminie ro as German General Reinhardt commander of an armored division Traian Costea ro as German Maj Franz Vasile Muraru ro as soldier Petcu Stelian Stancu as Major Badiu commander of the infantry regiment Eusebiu Ștefănescu as German tank commander Costel Băloiu ro as soldier Firu Bogdan Stanoevici as soldier Lică Geo Dobre ro as German Lt Peter Ungwart Cristian Șofron ro as Romanian corporalSee also editList of submissions to the 59th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film List of Romanian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language FilmReferences edit Noi cei din linia intai Cinemagia Retrieved 16 August 2015 Petcu Adrian Nicolae 17 January 2010 Mănăstirea Văcărești pe răbojul istoriei Ziarul Lumina in Romanian Retrieved 18 February 2021 Nicolaescu Sergiu 2011 Viață destin și film in Romanian 2nd revised ed București Editura Universitară pp 144 145 a b Noi cei din linia intai albafilmfest ro in Romanian Archived from the original on 10 May 2017 Retrieved 18 February 2021 Margaret Herrick Library Academy of Motion Picture Arts and SciencesExternal links editThe Last Assault at IMDb nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Last Assault amp oldid 1175556585, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
