
Jon, a young peasant love more "the land" than his engaged girlhood, Florica.Just when Ion thinks he has become master of his own land, he realizes that he has betrayed his heart, and that he is still in love with Florica, not with his wife. It is the curse of love that will be Ion's undoing. Badly mistreated, Ana, his wife, is driven to despair and she hangs herself. Ion, now free and wealthy, believes that the time has come for him to have Florica. Florica's husband, George waylays Ion and savagely murders him with a hoe.

as Ion

as Ana Baciu

as Zenobia

as Ion Belciug

as Maria Herdelea

as Vasile Baciu

as Gheorghe

as Zaharia Herdelea

as Laura

as Titus Herdelea

as Savista

as Grofșoru

as Avrum the Bartender

as Lieutenant

as Dernstein

as Florica