Red Apples

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Red Apples

1976

1h 26m

6.7(11 votes)

Drama

Overview

In Alexandru Tatos’s debut film, a young urologist is assigned to a town hospital with no urology ward and keeps bumping up against his superiors because of both ethical and medical problems.

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10 featured cast members

Starring

Mircea Diaconu

Dr. Irod

Ion Cojar

Dr. Mitroi

Angela Stoenescu

Medical assistant

Carmen Galin

Psychologist

Emilia Dobrin

Ernest Maftei

Florin Zamfirescu

Gică

Mitică Popescu

Prosecutor

Vasile Cosma

Melania Ursu

Creative team

Directed by: Alexandru Tatos
Written by: Ion Băieșu

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