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Red Apples

Red Apples

Genres

Drama

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In Alexandru Tatos’s debut film, a young urologist is assigned to a town hospital with no urology ward and keeps bumping up against his superiors because of both ethical and medical problems.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Romanian

Runtime

86 mins

Rating

6.7/10

Release Date

19 April 1976

Country

Romania

Cast

Mircea Diaconu

Mircea Diaconu

Dr. Irod

Ion Cojar

Ion Cojar

Dr. Mitroi

Angela Stoenescu

Angela Stoenescu

Medical assistant

Carmen Galin

Carmen Galin

Psychologist

Emilia Dobrin

Emilia Dobrin

Ernest Maftei

Ernest Maftei

Florin Zamfirescu

Florin Zamfirescu

Gică

Mitică Popescu

Mitică Popescu

Prosecutor

Vasile Cosma

Vasile Cosma

Melania Ursu

Melania Ursu

Gheorghe Nuțescu

Gheorghe Nuțescu

Valeriu Paraschiv

Valeriu Paraschiv

Temistocle Popa

Temistocle Popa

Rodica Dianu

Rodica Dianu

Florin Pucă

Florin Pucă

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