The Waves of the Danube

Year: 1960

Runtime: 110 mins

Language: Romanian

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The film blends the tension of Fritz Lang with Michael Curtiz’s epic scope in a WWII espionage drama set aboard a Danube barge loaded with Nazi munitions. Captain Mihai (Sergiu Ciulei) steers the mined vessel with his new wife Ana (Irina Petrescu). As they progress, Mihai grows wary of crew member Toma (Lazar Vrabie), an ex‑convict whose motives toward Ana are suspect, while Toma harbors an even more deadly secret.

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