A king caught between blood and country — choose wrong, lose everything.
The last days of the first Romanian king, Carol I of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, and the tough decisions he had to make in the summer of 1914 in order to please both Romanian Parliament and his relatives from the German Empire.
Acting
Nicolaescu directing himself at 78 — monarch energy unlocked.
Production
Peles Castle as itself. No set dressing required, your majesty.
Director
Sergiu Nicolaescu
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Sergiu Nicolaescu made over 60 films and cast himself as Carol I at age 78, dying on screen in his actual final performance.
Romania's neutrality in 1914 collapsed within two years of Carol's death, making his dilemma tragically temporary.
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