The story is historically less authentic, but is full of grand battle scenes, political plots, betrayals and family drama. But at Nicolae Ceauşescu's intent, the production was approved only with Romanian actors. The film had initially been intended to be an American-Romanian superproduction, with Columbia Pictures proposing actors such as Charlton Heston, Orson Welles, Laurence Harvey, Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, or Kirk Douglas. It starred Amza Pellea in the lead role, while the cast included a number of the best Romanian actors at the time, including Sergiu Nicolaescu, Ion Besoiu, Olga Tudorache, Florin Piersic, Ilarion Ciobanu, Silviu Stănculescu, and Mircea Albulescu.
The film was produced in 1970 after a script by Titus Popovici. Jean Lorin Florescu as Archduke Maximilian.Constantin Codrescu as Alexandru The Evil.Irina Gardescu as Contessina Rossana Viventini.Olga Tudorache as Michael The Brave's mother.At the end of the 16th century, Wallachian ruler Prince Michael the Brave overcame the adversity of the Ottoman and Austrian Empires to unite Wallachia, Moldavia and Transylvania into one country.
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