A Commissioner Cleans Up (VHS - DE)

A detective cleans up on VHS cassette at VFV Video

The Iron Guard, also known as the Legion of St. Michael the Archangel, was a Romanian far-right nationalist and patriotic movement. After coming to power, it supported Nazi Germany and launched a fierce campaign of retaliation against its political opponents. For example, on the night of November 26-27, 1940, the death squads executed 40 political prisoners in the Jilava prison (called "Viraga" in the film). The following day, two more squads arrested and executed former minister Virgil Madgearu and world-renowned historian Nicolae Iorga. To quell the political outcry, Police Prefect Stefan Zävoianu conveniently assigned the cases to a commissioner from the "morals department" (prostitution, thieves), Tudor Moldovan, in the hope that he would not get to the bottom of the case. However, Moldovan has communist sympathies and quickly comes under the influence of the Bolshevik Pîrvu, who had fled during the Viraga...

Format: VHS, PAL

Language: German

Cover: large cover / insert