Forest of the Hanged () is a 1965 Romanian drama film directed by Liviu Ciulei, and based on the eponymous novel by Liviu Rebreanu. Ciulei won the award for Best Director at the 1965 Cannes Film Festival.
Forest of the Hanged became the first Romanian film to achieve wide international recognition.
Cast
Victor Rebengiuc as Lieutenant Apostol Bologa
as Ilona
Ștefan Ciubotărașu as Petre Petre
as Habsburg General Von Karg
as Roza Jánosi
Liviu Ciulei as Captain Otto Klapka
Costache Antoniu as The Priest
as Domșa (Marta's father) Emil Botta as Captain Cervenko Constantin Brezeanu as The Military Prosecutor Ion Caramitru as Petre Petre Toma Caragiu as Habsburg officer as The Army Doctor as Lieutenant Sándor Varga as Johan Maria Müller Gheorghe Cozorici as captured Romanian officer as Corporal overseeing gravediggers as Marta Domșa as a Colonel as Paul Vidor (Ilona's father) Valeriu Arnăutu as Captain Svoboda as an NCO Alexandra Polizu as Rodovica Radu Dunăreanu as an NCO Nicolae Luchian Botez as an Officer Constantin Lipovan as a Soldier Val Lefescu as The Telegraph Operator Marga Barbu Angela Moldovan as Sofica Domșa (Marta's mother)