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Between Pain and Amen

A young composer and double bass virtuoso, who returns to Romania after studying in Vienna, is arrested by the political police soon after getting engaged and taken to the Pitesti prison, where a brainwashing and torture-based experiment is under way. The horrible communist experiment, copied after the Soviet model, is headed by the much-feared Ciumau.

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  • Constantin Cotimanis

    Constantin Cotimanis

    Ciumau (Prison Commander)

  • Ion Dichiseanu

    Ion Dichiseanu

    generalul Jibolschi

  • Cezara Dafinescu

    Cezara Dafinescu

    doamna Catran

  • Victoria Cociaș

    Victoria Cociaș

    doctor 1

  • Ioachim Ciobanu

    Ioachim Ciobanu

    Jurganu

  • Vali Popescu

    Vali Popescu

    Tase Caraman

  • Kira Hagi

    Kira Hagi

    Tana

  • Ana Parvu

    Ana Parvu

    Lia

  • Ciprian Nicula

    Ciprian Nicula

    Iancu Caraman

Overview

A young composer and double bass virtuoso, who returns to Romania after studying in Vienna, is arrested by the political police soon after getting engaged and taken to the Pitesti prison, where a brainwashing and torture-based experiment is under way. The horrible communist experiment, copied after the Soviet model, is headed by the much-feared Ciumau.

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