The Stone Cross (Crucea de piatră) 30 years old

Andrei Blaier's film catches the last days of The Stone Cross a low class brothels area that became some kind of an institution in the landscape of Bucharest before the Communist period, doomed to destruction under the new rules of proletarian morals that the Communists were trying to impose. The idea could be the start of a great film, with the prostitution being seen not so much from its destructive and exploitation perspective, but rather as a form of freedom in a time when the whole society was falling under the rule of propaganda, hypocrisy, and repression. In a world due to fall under tyranny for the coming decades prostitution becomes a metaphor of the old more free way of life.

Credits

Gheorghe Dinică as Mache Puzderie

Theodor Danetti as

Coca Bloos as "Foamea Neagră"

Dorina Lazăr as Nevasta lui Puzderie

Manuela Hărăbor as Ilonka Sabo

Margareta Pogonat as

The Stone Cross Cast

Name	Character
Gheorghe Dinică He was 60, 75 years old when he died	as Mache Puzderie
Theodor Danetti He was 67, 89 years old when he died
Coca Bloos She was 47, now 78 years old	as "Foamea Neagră"
Dorina Lazăr She was 53, now 84 years old	as Nevasta lui Puzderie
Manuela Hărăbor She was 72, now 103 years old	as Ilonka Sabo
Margareta Pogonat She was 61, 81 years old when she died
Silviu Biriș He was 20, now 51 years old	as Radu
Ilarion Ciobanu He was 62, 76 years old when he died	as Fane

The Stone Cross Crew

Name	Department
Gabriel Kosuth as Cinematography. He was 35 (now 66) years old	Crew
Titus Popovici as Writer. He was 63 (64) years old when He died	Writing

The Stone Cross (30 years)

Release day: Friday, March 18, 1994
Runtime: 96 minutes