Medal of Honor

Thessaloniki International
Film Festival 2009
Palm Springs International
Film Festival 2010
Karlovy Vary International
Film Festival 2010

Medal of Honor

A Film by Calin Peter Netzer

2009 - Germany/Romania - Drama - 2.35 DCP - 105 min.

with Victor Rebengiuc , Camelia Zorlescu , Mircea Andreescu & Ion Lucian

Language: Romanian
Produced by Ada Solomon , Liviu Marghidan & Karl Baumgartner

One day Ion, a 75-year-old Romanian man, accidentally receives a Medal of Honor for some “heroic” actions back in the WW2, times he barely remembers. The medal forces Ion to reconsider his whole life. Maybe he wasn’t all the time a loser. Maybe his life has a meaning. Maybe he means something to his family.

Thessaloniki International
Film Festival 2009
Palm Springs International
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Karlovy Vary International
Film Festival 2010

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