PRIN CENUȘA IMPERIULUI / THROUGH THE ASHES OF THE EMPIRE

Darie and the Diplomat, two soldiers recruited by force, escape from a convoy and wander through the Balkan Peninsula devastated by the war. Witnessing the disintegration of the Austrian-Hungarian empire, they make huge efforts to survive. And even if they have opposite natures - Darie is a young idealist while the Diplomat is a cynical mythomaniac in whom vulgarity and nobility go together - they help each other until they get back home.

The film premiered in Romania March 8^th, 1976. It won Great Prize and Music Prize in the 1976 edition of the ACIN Awards and Best Actor Prize (Gheorghe Dinică) at Karlovy Vary Film Festival the same year.