Mercenaries' Trap

(1982)

★ 7.4 IMDb · 12 votes

Genres: War, Adventure

Year: 1982

Runtime: 109 мин

Country: East Germany, Romania

Director: Sergiu Nicolaescu

Cast: Gheorghe Cozorici, Mircea Albulescu, Amza Pellea, Corneliu Gîrbea, Sergiu Nicolaescu, Ion Besoiu, Jean Constantin, Colea Răutu, Клаус Герке, Şerban Ionescu

Plot

The movie is based on a true story from the end of WWI, in Transylvania. A nobleman who owned some land in Transylvania returns home to find a part of his fortune burned to ashes during late 1918 when power was trasfered from AustroHungary to Romania. Looking for revenge, he ordered the killing of innocent Romanian peasants from a neighbouring village, which he suspected to be guilty for the losses he suffered. A Romanian officer from Romanian Transylvanian Volunteers Corp, decides to help the villagers to face the menace of the nobleman