Spruce Forest

2025•1h 15m•

★0.0(1 ratings)

DocumentaryHistoryDrama

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The Spruce Forest explores one of the darkest pages in Romanian history. Inspired by the drama of Fântâna Albă on April 1, 1941, the film reconstructs the fate of a Romanian community in Bessarabia, massacred in a desperate attempt to find refuge from the Soviet occupation. The testimony of a survivor of this genocide becomes the backdrop against which archival images and his wife's memories of Siberia are superimposed, in a dizzying game of mirrors that questions the notion of historical truth and reveals forgotten traumas with potentially devastating consequences in the present.

Director

Tudor Giurgiu

Writers

Tudor Giurgiu

Watchlist

Main Cast

Mircea Andreescu

Coca Bloos

Ionuţ Caras

Full Crew

Keywords

history

Spruce Forest

2025•1h 15m•

★0.0(1 ratings)

DocumentaryHistoryDrama

Overview

Director

Tudor Giurgiu

Writers

Tudor Giurgiu

Watchlist

Main Cast

Mircea Andreescu

Coca Bloos

Ionuţ Caras

Full Crew

Direction

Director: Tudor Giurgiu

Writing

Writer: Tudor Giurgiu

Production

Producer: Tudor Giurgiu

Keywords

history

Did You Know?

The original title is "Pădurea de molizi" (RO).

The runtime is 75 minutes (1h 15m).

The film was directed by Tudor Giurgiu.

The screenplay was written by Tudor Giurgiu.

This title is listed on IMDb as tt34766491.

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Movie Information

Original Title:

Pădurea de molizi

Status:

Released

Language:

Română

Country of Origin:

Romania

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Spruce Forest

Overview

Director

Writers

Main Cast

Mircea Andreescu

Coca Bloos

Ionuţ Caras

Full Crew

Direction

Writing

Production

Keywords

Spruce Forest

Overview

Director

Writers

Main Cast

Mircea Andreescu

Coca Bloos

Ionuţ Caras

Full Crew

Direction

Writing

Production

Keywords

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