The Pale Light of Sorrow

The Pale Light of Sorrow
Directed by	Iulian Mihu
Written by	George Macovescu
Starring	Violeta Andrei
Cinematography	Gábor Tarko
Release date	July 1981 (1981-07)
Running time	135 minutes
Country	Romania
Language	Romanian

The Pale Light of Sorrow (Romanian: Lumina palidă a durerii) is a 1981 Romanian drama film directed by Iulian Mihu. It was entered into the 12th Moscow International Film Festival where it won a Special Diploma.[1]

The story is set in a village near Buzău, before and during World War I, and is based on a script by George Macovescu, then-president of the Writers' Union of Romania. The music of Antonio Vivaldi is heavily used in the soundtrack.[2]

Cast

• Violeta Andrei
• Andrei Finți [ro]
• Florina Luican
• Gheorghe Marin
• Rodica Mureșan [ro]
• Emanoil Petruț [ro]
• Alexandru Racoviceanu
• Geo Saizescu
• Siegfried Siegmund
• Savel Știopul [ro]
• Liliana Tudor
• Catinca Ralea [ro]

References

1. "12th Moscow International Film Festival (1981)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 21 April 2013. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
2. Tronaru, Doinel (17 February 2001). "Iulian Mihu – "Lumina palidă a durerii"". aarc.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 26 August 2023.

External links

• The Pale Light of Sorrow at IMDb