Avram Iancu impotriva Imperiului (2024)
Category
🎥
Short filmTranscript
00:00:00[♪ singing in Romanian ♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪…
00:00:30[♪ singing in Romanian ♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪
00:01:00[♪ singing in Romanian ♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪�
00:01:30Once in a while, a character is born who has the gift of destiny,
00:01:35who gives hope to others and who then holds the fate of a noble soul.
00:01:41And if fate accompanies him with the path of love on the path of his life,
00:01:45then we have a good story.
00:01:49But if it's about real events, then we have part of a tasty story.
00:01:58Well, you're about to see a tasty story.
00:02:03But I'll tell you more when we meet again.
00:02:07♪♪♪♪♪♪♪
00:02:17We are many, like the cuckoo in the woods.
00:02:21We are many, many and so many, because God is with us.
00:02:46♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪
00:02:56♪♪♪
00:03:27They... they killed him, mom. They killed him.
00:03:36Your father was in the field.
00:03:39They took him from there.
00:03:44They took him from the yard, under my eyes, mom.
00:03:50They shot the little ones.
00:03:56Did you bury them?
00:03:59Who should I bury, mom?
00:04:02Who should I bury?
00:04:05Because they set them on fire.
00:04:07And they let us see how they burn.
00:04:11They came from afar, mom.
00:04:14Mom, I have to follow them.
00:04:19And me?
00:04:23Come with me. Come with me.
00:04:27At least everything will be fine.
00:04:30Ilia, come with me.
00:04:33Mom, I have to go now.
00:04:35No, no.
00:04:37I have to go.
00:04:39No, Ilia.
00:04:41Ilia.
00:04:43Ilia.
00:04:45Ilia.
00:04:48Ilia.
00:04:52The greatest sin is the neglect of people.
00:04:56After the 3rd National Meeting of Blas
00:05:00on September 30, 1848,
00:05:04Avram Iancu and his prefects, the commanders of the legions,
00:05:09retreat to the stone fortress of the Apuseni Mountains,
00:05:14which in these conditions becomes the military fortress
00:05:19of the legions led by Avram Iancu.
00:05:28Tell me, Serafime,
00:05:30did you get the numbers this time?
00:05:33Did you bring everything?
00:05:36I did.
00:05:39I brought everything.
00:05:42But it's difficult. Do you know who?
00:05:46Tell me, why are you here?
00:05:50I have to give a letter to Avram Iancu.
00:06:12I have to go.
00:06:1820 more soldiers will come tonight.
00:06:20The training started today.
00:06:22Some of them have no clothes or food.
00:06:24How many are there in the base?
00:06:266,000, I know to count them well.
00:06:28In 3 days, another 2,000 will finish the training
00:06:30and can be considered soldiers.
00:06:32Not enough.
00:06:34You can handle it. We don't have so many good people.
00:06:36That's not what we're talking about.
00:06:38Be prepared.
00:06:40We'll speed things up.
00:06:42Until the 9th of the month,
00:06:44we'll have all the soldiers.
00:06:46They have to be well-trained.
00:06:48All of them.
00:06:50I don't want to sacrifice a brother or a father.
00:06:52And I don't want to be the blood of my people.
00:06:54Or to lose my teeth, like the Hungarians.
00:06:56Do you understand?
00:07:00Let that courier in.
00:07:04Come on!
00:07:10Come on!
00:07:16Tell him we have nothing to talk about
00:07:18until we get good news.
00:07:20Yes, sir!
00:07:26Power is not only shown
00:07:28by the fist, the fist and the sword.
00:07:40He's got a gun.
00:07:42Yes, he does.
00:08:04On September 10-14, 1848,
00:08:06at Ortlak and Nesaud,
00:08:08the Romanian army
00:08:10from Transylvania decided.
00:08:12The only way for them
00:08:14to gain their natural liberties
00:08:16and rights, and the only way
00:08:18to stop the massacre
00:08:20committed by the Hungarian Revolutionary Guards
00:08:22over the Romanian villages.
00:08:24This is how the 3rd National Gathering
00:08:26from Blage was organized.
00:08:28It was led by Iovian Bradu,
00:08:30Dionisie Popovici
00:08:32and Axente Sever.
00:08:34They were sent to the Romanian villages
00:08:36to mobilize the population.
00:08:38Axente Sever
00:08:40arrives in Blage
00:08:42in front of 500 well-armed young Romanians.
00:08:44Avram Iancu brings
00:08:46more than 6,000.
00:08:48In the end,
00:08:50more than 40,000 people gather
00:08:52in their majority
00:08:54of Romanian and Hungarian
00:08:56and Saxon villagers.
00:08:58A real military camp
00:09:00led and organized
00:09:02by Avram Iancu.
00:09:04A delegation was sent to Sibiu
00:09:06to request the arms of General Püchner.
00:09:08But he was afraid to arm the Romanians,
00:09:10so Iancu and his army
00:09:12had to rely on the few
00:09:14weapons from the Romanian
00:09:16border regiments from Orlat and Nesaud,
00:09:18and on axes, forks,
00:09:20swords, spears
00:09:22made in the village ironworks.
00:09:24But even so,
00:09:26the Romanian armed groups
00:09:28carried out short but intense attacks
00:09:30on the enemy, causing
00:09:32significant casualties
00:09:34and demoralizing their troops.
00:09:36The women and children
00:09:38helped as much as they could,
00:09:40bringing food,
00:09:42cleaning up the weapons
00:09:44and loading them on the battlefield.
00:10:02I know it's hard.
00:10:04I know God is watching over us.
00:10:06But I also know
00:10:08that God is with us.
00:10:10I don't want to give you hope,
00:10:12but I received a message.
00:10:14Baron Püchner wrote to us.
00:10:16Where is Baron Püchner?
00:10:32He asks for our help.
00:10:34He wants us to free him
00:10:36from the Austrian hostages in Hunedoara.
00:10:40Ready?
00:10:42Come on!
00:10:44Come on!
00:10:46Come on!
00:10:48Come on!
00:11:04A frequently asked question
00:11:06among Romanian Transylvanians
00:11:08is the following.
00:11:10Why does Avrameancu enjoy a positive image
00:11:12in the collective mind?
00:11:14The answer is not simple.
00:11:16In fact, there are many reasons
00:11:18why Avrameancu's image
00:11:20was a positive one.
00:11:24Of course, there are other elements
00:11:26that make Avrameancu
00:11:28a man who went beyond his time,
00:11:30a visionary.
00:11:32He was an exceptional military leader,
00:11:34but equally he was a humanist,
00:11:36a man who saw beyond the particular
00:11:38interests of the emotions,
00:11:40the national interests of the Transylvanian Romanians
00:11:42in relation to the Romanians
00:11:44from the Transcarpathian region.
00:12:11Hey, Jovi!
00:12:13Hey, Jovi!
00:12:15Or whatever you call yourself!
00:12:17Who put you up to this?
00:12:19I found him! I'll kill him!
00:12:21I'll skin you alive
00:12:23like you did to Prunce
00:12:25and our parents!
00:12:27Because of you, the world is in chaos!
00:12:35I don't see him.
00:12:37He's there.
00:12:39Hey, Géza!
00:12:41You know
00:12:43that we still have days.
00:12:46Go and tell the Hunvéds
00:12:48that we're not afraid.
00:12:51And don't tell them why,
00:12:53because it's a sin
00:12:55both here and in hell.
00:12:58Tell them
00:13:00that we want what is ours.
00:13:04Tell them, please.
00:13:09Tell them, please.
00:13:16Avramuţ,
00:13:18why did you do this?
00:13:20You should have done it for a Romanian.
00:13:24I didn't do this for them.
00:13:26I did this for you.
00:13:28I did this for me.
00:13:30I did this for your mother, for your Prunce.
00:13:32I did this for all of us!
00:13:34Because it's a sin!
00:13:36It's a big sin!
00:13:39Come on!
00:13:45After a bloody battle,
00:13:47Avram Iancu and his army
00:13:49managed to liberate the Austrians
00:13:51and pressurize Hunedoara,
00:13:53a word given by Baron Tîhnăr.
00:13:55But at the cost of many Romanian lives.
00:14:09Tîhnăr, Romania
00:14:23The only important problem
00:14:25that the Hungarian revolutionaries
00:14:27didn't understand,
00:14:29neither in the spring of 1848,
00:14:31nor in the summer and autumn of 1848,
00:14:33nor in the spring of the following year,
00:14:35was to recognize the Romanians as a nation.
00:14:37This meant that the Romanians
00:14:39would have representation in the political structures
00:14:41and it was a very important thing,
00:14:43the right to use the language.
00:14:45The rest of the civil rights,
00:14:47the Hungarian revolutionaries were willing to grant them.
00:14:49The problem was for the leaders
00:14:51of the Romanian revolution in Transylvania
00:14:53that, having received these civil rights,
00:14:55there was a very high risk
00:14:57that the Romanians in Transylvania
00:14:59would be denationalized.
00:15:01In fact, this was the Hungarian revolutionaries'
00:15:03political project,
00:15:05realizing for a long time
00:15:07the Romanians in Transylvania.
00:15:09Do you want to survive in Transylvania?
00:15:11The only chance for you to survive in Transylvania
00:15:13is to be faithful to the throne.
00:15:15We don't have an elite,
00:15:17we don't have parties.
00:15:19Do you realize who we are fighting against?
00:15:21We have to continue writing petitions.
00:15:23Haven't you had enough of these empty words yet?
00:15:25The union
00:15:27for the Hungarians
00:15:29means life,
00:15:31and for us it means death.
00:15:33Stick to the people,
00:15:35all of you,
00:15:37so you don't get lost.
00:15:39We can still hope
00:15:41that in the end we are a handful of people,
00:15:43but the people,
00:15:45which is like a leaf, like a grass,
00:15:47will never wither.
00:15:49With this gun I set off.
00:15:51I wrote. I had solutions.
00:15:53I had patience.
00:15:55I had faith. And?
00:15:57What did I get?
00:15:59Don't you see that the lands that gave us life
00:16:01only show us death today?
00:16:03That our fields rot.
00:16:05That our women,
00:16:07our elders,
00:16:09our plums,
00:16:11fall from the cold of the pastures
00:16:13and freeze to death.
00:16:15The crown dresses in diplomacy,
00:16:17vileness and cowardice.
00:16:19The ones we called our brothers
00:16:21didn't even last a year
00:16:23to prove they were enemies.
00:16:25The Hungarians think we don't know
00:16:27how to fulfill the hidden promises
00:16:29they made to us,
00:16:31right?
00:16:33But they did.
00:16:35They gave us only death or slavery.
00:16:37The time has come
00:16:39to say enough.
00:16:41According to my judgment,
00:16:43the army's tactics
00:16:45will save our people from tyranny.
00:16:51I told you we would meet again.
00:16:53As you have seen,
00:16:55on December 30, 1848,
00:16:57Avram Iancu
00:16:59manages to change the tactics
00:17:01proposed by Bishop Shagun
00:17:03and Simeon Barnutiu.
00:17:05I hope I was understood.
00:17:07What does this armistice
00:17:09want from you?
00:17:11It would bring peace.
00:17:13Did you come here as a Roman or as a Hungarian?
00:17:15Please!
00:17:17We have big things to discuss.
00:17:19I came as a man.
00:17:23It's war.
00:17:25Good.
00:17:27An armistice is good for someone
00:17:29and bad for someone else.
00:17:31Yes, but...
00:17:33This armistice doesn't necessarily mean peace.
00:17:35I hope you understand.
00:17:37It gives us time to get what we want.
00:17:39And only the Hungarians can do that.
00:17:41How many years have they made you
00:17:43want to know if there are enough Romans
00:17:45who don't want to make peace with them?
00:17:47Yes, but the children
00:17:49listen to all the rumors.
00:17:51What do they listen to?
00:17:55They listen to what I say,
00:17:57what I think and what I do.
00:17:59That's how I came to you.
00:18:01And I spoke very clearly to you.
00:18:13The most important moment
00:18:15was that of the Romanian deputy
00:18:17in the Parliament of Buda.
00:18:19It's about Deputy Dragos,
00:18:21deputy of Bihor.
00:18:23You talked to me about wolves,
00:18:25but in the end, you behaved like a wolf.
00:18:29He speaks big words,
00:18:31but his thoughts are dark.
00:18:33He received a mandate
00:18:35from the leaders of the Hungarian revolution
00:18:37to deal with Avram Iancu
00:18:39and the other political leaders
00:18:41of Apuseni
00:18:43to end the hostilities,
00:18:45promising them a series
00:18:47of political rights.
00:18:49He arrived in Apuseni,
00:18:51in Abrud.
00:18:53Dragos is the deputy
00:18:55received by the leaders
00:18:57of the Hungarian revolution.
00:18:59He assured all the leaders
00:19:01of Apuseni
00:19:03that he has a mandate
00:19:05from Kossuth
00:19:07and that during the discussions
00:19:09there will be a series
00:19:11that will lead to the end
00:19:13of the hostilities.
00:19:15Dragos translated a Romanian into Hungarian.
00:19:17You didn't believe me.
00:19:21Igor,
00:19:23what can I do?
00:19:25In this context,
00:19:27there are treaties
00:19:29signed by Dragos
00:19:31including with Avram Iancu,
00:19:33but this attack took place
00:19:35by surprise
00:19:37at the beginning of May 1849
00:19:39of the Hungarian leader
00:19:41Haudvani,
00:19:43who attacked by surprise
00:19:45with the aim
00:19:47of capturing Avram Iancu
00:19:49and the other Romanian leaders.
00:19:51Dragos tries to save the situation
00:19:53by telling Haudvani
00:19:55that he has a mandate
00:19:57from Kossuth
00:19:59to discuss
00:20:01with the Romanians
00:20:03and until these discussions
00:20:05end, the leaders
00:20:07of the Romanian revolution
00:20:09can't achieve anything.
00:20:11The Romanian Revolution
00:20:17Beautiful lady,
00:20:23look
00:20:27at this wonder
00:20:29I made.
00:20:41Avram Iancu
00:20:51My Avram,
00:20:53I wish
00:20:55I would never wake up again.
00:21:03Consta?
00:21:05No.
00:21:09I have the impression
00:21:11that you are the one I was looking for.
00:21:13You were looking for me, right?
00:21:15But you didn't find me.
00:21:17Well, but I found you.
00:21:19You found me.
00:21:21Because I have a special sensitivity
00:21:23for...
00:21:25For?
00:21:27For what?
00:21:29What?
00:21:31For...
00:21:33Don't make me laugh.
00:21:37First,
00:21:39I have to make sure
00:21:41that you are not in the army.
00:21:43So...
00:21:49And didn't you know
00:21:51that the port of arms
00:21:53must be declared in advance?
00:21:57You are not the one I was looking for.
00:21:59Fine.
00:22:01I can't promise anything.
00:22:03We can't promise anything.
00:22:05I can't promise anything.
00:22:21I have always been here.
00:22:23I am against
00:22:25worthy people.
00:22:27I understand that you are my son.
00:22:29But I am also your father.
00:22:31We understand
00:22:33and we are clear about it
00:22:35that we will be very careful.
00:22:37If you want,
00:22:39you can serve us something.
00:22:41Is this a family dinner?
00:22:43Yes.
00:22:45Can we join you?
00:22:47Of course, after you.
00:22:49Well, it seems to me
00:22:51that I will come
00:22:53with someone.
00:22:56This is my place.
00:22:58It's a private place.
00:23:00You can stay empty
00:23:02or you can take a guest.
00:23:19Do you need a blanket?
00:23:22You need to sleep now,
00:23:24in peace.
00:23:30I will come with you.
00:23:32No, you can't come with me.
00:23:34Yes, you can.
00:23:36I will come with you.
00:23:40I don't hate anyone.
00:23:42But I have to fight.
00:23:44And you have to stay.
00:23:46I know, Abraham.
00:23:48You have to live.
00:23:51I already know.
00:23:53You don't understand.
00:23:55And I am so happy.
00:23:57This is the revolution.
00:23:59I am sorry.
00:24:01I am sorry.
00:24:03But...
00:24:05I have to live.
00:24:07I can't die now.
00:24:09And you have to stay.
00:24:15But don't be afraid.
00:24:21Don't be afraid.
00:24:23This...
00:24:25This...
00:24:27will stay like this forever.
00:24:37I will come with you.
00:24:39No.
00:24:41Come on.
00:24:51Abraham, thank you.
00:24:53You are so kind.
00:24:57Romanians are lazy and slaves.
00:25:00We are slaves.
00:25:20We are slaves.
00:25:22We are slaves.
00:25:24We are slaves.
00:25:28Come on.
00:25:34Listen.
00:25:36If a Romanian sees a horse and a man in a lake,
00:25:39who will save them?
00:25:41The horse.
00:25:43You know why?
00:25:45Because a man can also be a Hungarian.
00:25:50Abraham, but she is also with you.
00:25:52They sent a trojan horse to...
00:25:54to me in Dragos.
00:25:56And I had to give myself to a serpent.
00:25:58A serpent.
00:26:00The Hungarians entered the lake tonight and...
00:26:10The Hungarians entered the lake and started the armistice.
00:26:20But the armistice fell.
00:26:22Hadwani is in Abrud.
00:26:24No.
00:26:30We don't know how many innocent people died in Abrud.
00:26:33But the old man won't let things go like this.
00:26:36Hadwani will give him a whip.
00:26:40You heard it too, didn't you?
00:26:42Things don't look too good for our hero.
00:26:45Ioan Buteanu, Petru Dobra, Vasile Moldovan,
00:26:48Nicolai Andreica, Nicolai Begnescu,
00:26:50they were all arrested.
00:26:52Hadwani entered Abrud with the intention of killing Avram Iancu.
00:26:55And now the old man has to listen to the Lord's whisper.
00:26:59Hey!
00:27:01Are you Hungarians?
00:27:04Look at the situation.
00:27:06I could swear I lived once more,
00:27:08but I didn't understand how it should be then.
00:27:11In fact, I think I know someone who could tell you more exactly what and how.
00:27:18IN THE NEXT EPISODE
00:27:26Providence made Avram Iancu be announced of this attack
00:27:30because the Mothi,
00:27:32believing in the words of the Romanian deputy Dragos
00:27:35about the existence of the Armistice,
00:27:37left the guard down, so to speak,
00:27:39believing that there would be no military intervention by surprise.
00:27:45You could have been on our side,
00:27:47because you only saw and wrote what we were going through.
00:27:51You left without saying a word.
00:27:53I thought you were a man of justice.
00:27:55I thought...
00:27:57I thought you understood that we had to be together.
00:28:00The shock was very great among the revolutionary leaders
00:28:03present at the discussions in Abrud.
00:28:05Avram Iancu managed, in the last instance, to get out of Abrud
00:28:09after the Hungarian troops had blocked the entire city.
00:28:12Other political leaders, such as Petro Dobra and Ion Buteanu,
00:28:16believed that it was an accident, a mistake,
00:28:19and gave themselves up.
00:28:21There were attempts by Avram Iancu in Abrud
00:28:24to force the army led by Hadvan to leave Abrud.
00:28:28They managed to get him out of Abrud
00:28:30with a very large, so to speak, involvement and hesitation
00:28:33on the part of the Mothi present at the liberation of Abrud.
00:28:38Give yourselves up.
00:28:40Don't fight.
00:28:43I hope it's clear to you
00:28:46that no one is surrendering.
00:28:50Then it's just a matter of time and we'll finish you off.
00:28:54In the following days, Hadvan returned.
00:28:56He tried again to conquer Abrud in parallel.
00:28:59Dragos tried to convince Avram Iancu
00:29:02that it was just a mistake,
00:29:04because Hadvan acted without having a mandate
00:29:07from the leader of the Hungarian Revolution, Kossuth.
00:29:10Avram Iancu didn't believe in these words anymore.
00:29:13Everyone, down!
00:29:26Hungarian!
00:29:29According to Hadvan's order,
00:29:31all Hungarians must leave Abrud with the army.
00:29:34We must go!
00:29:35Where?
00:29:37Are we going to live with the Romans?
00:29:39I don't know. That's the order.
00:29:52Who is the father of the child?
00:29:55Kádár Loránd.
00:29:57In the Kolozsváry neighborhood.
00:29:59The 12th or 15th barracks.
00:30:01His mother.
00:30:05Get him!
00:30:08How old are you?
00:30:10Two.
00:30:13Are you a good girl?
00:30:16I buried myself with my right hand.
00:30:18Good.
00:30:20Have you thought about how they will call you?
00:30:23Loránd.
00:30:24Like your father.
00:30:26Oh, my God.
00:30:28A soldier in the Hungarian army.
00:30:31I hope he gets home safely.
00:30:35We have to leave the city.
00:30:38But very quietly.
00:30:41Death is here in the dark.
00:30:45The other soldiers are waiting on the other side of the river.
00:30:48We will go there and unite our forces.
00:30:51Kossuth sent us soldiers he tried in battle.
00:30:56As soon as we have reorganized, we will conquer the country of Móc.
00:31:02We will occupy the Romanian forces.
00:31:08The 1st and 4th barracks will retreat from Kolozsvár to Budapest.
00:31:12To the 5th and 7th barracks.
00:31:15The 1st and 4th barracks will retreat from Kolozsvár to Budapest.
00:31:18To the 5th and 7th barracks.
00:31:21The 1st and 4th barracks will retreat from Kolozsvár to Budapest.
00:31:25To the 5th and 7th barracks.
00:31:28The 1st and 4th barracks will retreat from Kolozsvár to Budapest.
00:31:31The 1st and 4th barracks will retreat from Kolozsvár to Budapest.
00:31:34The 1st and 4th barracks will retreat from Kolozsvár to Budapest.
00:31:37The 1st and 4th barracks will retreat from Kolozsvár to Budapest.
00:31:41Let's go, come on!
00:31:57Help!
00:32:00In this non-offensive by Hadvani,
00:32:02the troops which Avramenko mobilized managed to surround Brudul
00:32:06and, in the end, a devastating defeat for the Hungarian troops,
00:32:12who, in front of their leaders, tried to get out of the abyss.
00:32:16In the end, the involvement of the Romanians and their wives,
00:32:22who participated directly in the hostilities,
00:32:25made Halvani say, at the end of the day,
00:32:28whoever can, can escape.
00:32:36In the war, only those who trade with lead win,
00:32:46but only when you get to see your grandchildren do you understand this.
00:32:51Well, there are not many days left,
00:32:56but in the end, they are the most important.
00:33:01So please have a little more patience with me.
00:33:04The perception of this pastoral moment
00:33:07was different in the historiographical writing.
00:33:10For the first time, they were told a revolution,
00:33:13that we were part of a revolution in 1848-1849,
00:33:18but in the last period, the historiographical writing
00:33:21and the research of the last hour show
00:33:24that it was actually a war to defend the national identity in Transylvania,
00:33:30which, by His Excellency Iancu and his mother,
00:33:33brought to an end.
00:33:35Look, this is the coat of arms of the mother of Baranberg.
00:33:38I asked her to give it to you.
00:33:45Don't worry, Avram.
00:33:47I'll give it to you later.
00:33:50This is the reason why Avram Iancu received Nicolae Balcescu with great respect,
00:33:56not believing in the honesty and sincerity of the proposals
00:33:59of the leaders of the Hungarian Revolution.
00:34:02You are right.
00:34:03You saw that we didn't live well,
00:34:05that's why we asked you to come back.
00:34:13You were right.
00:34:15This is the reason why.
00:34:17However, after numerous discussions,
00:34:20Nicolae Balcescu became familiar with the real problems
00:34:23that existed in Transylvania.
00:34:25First of all, the Romanians reacted to the forced union of Transylvania with Hungary,
00:34:31which eventually led to the non-recognition of the Romanians
00:34:36as a distinct political nation in Transylvania.
00:34:39On the other hand, the fact that there was this incident with Dragos
00:34:44and the problems that followed,
00:34:47made Avram Iancu very reluctant,
00:34:50and Balcescu understood that, as I said earlier,
00:34:53the Romanians reacted to the atrocities
00:34:56and excesses of the leaders of the Hungarian Revolution.
00:35:01You are right.
00:35:02You saw that we didn't live well,
00:35:04that's why we asked you to come back.
00:35:08You were right.
00:35:10This is the reason why.
00:35:16This is the reason why.
00:35:18Avram Iancu was willing in the end,
00:35:20and he understood that from a political point of view,
00:35:23for the position of the Romanians in Transylvania,
00:35:26such an attitude was not beneficial at all.
00:35:28He agreed to send a letter to the leaders of the Hungarian Revolution,
00:35:32through which he expressed his intention and desire
00:35:36not to attack the Hungarian troops
00:35:39that were confronting each other in the last weeks
00:35:42with a resistance against the leaders and the imperial troops
00:35:46of Habsburg and Russians.
00:35:48He proposed a benevolent neutrality,
00:35:50considering that the weapons will never decide
00:35:53between the Romanians and the Hungarians.
00:36:08But the idea of a collaboration,
00:36:10Avram Iancu considers, was almost impossible,
00:36:13because a lot of blood was shed between the Romanians and the Hungarians,
00:36:17and it was very difficult to convince them
00:36:19that the enemies of the past
00:36:21had to become the allies of today and tomorrow.
00:36:24The only thing that could do was a benevolent neutrality,
00:36:27saying this to Avram Iancu,
00:36:29if the leaders of the Hungarian Revolution agree with this.
00:36:33What does this letter result from?
00:36:35It results from the very special character
00:36:39that we see in Avram Iancu, namely humanism,
00:36:42the understanding of the true springs of the idea of revolution,
00:36:47and that, in the end, the two peoples in Transylvania
00:36:50have to collaborate.
00:36:53The country of the Hungarians has always been the country of the Romanians.
00:37:13The legacy of our nation lies most of the time in the graves,
00:37:17which, if they could speak, how many times would they tell us?
00:37:22Your luck is that I know a time traveler
00:37:25who will always be an influencer,
00:37:28at least for Ardelei.
00:37:34Oh, how many things to say!
00:37:37Oh, how many things to say!
00:37:41I know of the foreman who fought for years
00:37:44and did not show the weakness of the foreigners.
00:37:49All his stories told by time
00:37:52told us not to forget the seed
00:37:55and his will to be free.
00:37:58His inheritance still exists.
00:38:01The grain is ours,
00:38:05everyone's, even if some of us do not deserve it.
00:38:13Who would have thought that now, in 2024,
00:38:16an old piece of information of almost two centuries
00:38:19would reach Breaking News?
00:38:21Not me.
00:38:22You?
00:38:27I know of the foreman who fought for years
00:38:30and did not show the weakness of the foreigners.
00:38:36We have the writing.
00:38:38What do you need from me?
00:38:40I brought you some lies.
00:38:44No, I will return the graves to their gold.
00:38:47Memelige!
00:39:00His Highness wants to know
00:39:02if he will be able to meet in the next village.
00:39:07He wants to see us all.
00:39:09Well, have a good day!
00:39:11Have a good day!
00:39:13Have a good day!
00:39:29With pain in my soul, I tell you
00:39:32that the meeting place has changed again.
00:39:35The world is on fire.
00:39:37One day the emperor will pass
00:39:39and then Avramus does not want to be the king.
00:39:42Have a good day!
00:39:43Have a good day!
00:40:06Avramus told you to meet up there,
00:40:09next to a palm tree.
00:40:11You cannot miss it.
00:40:14Well, have a good day!
00:40:16Have a good day!
00:40:40The Kingdom of Moldavia
00:41:05After the invasion of Moldavia in 1848,
00:41:08a new regime was established in the Habsburg Empire.
00:41:12It was the work of the Austrian Minister of Internal Affairs,
00:41:15Alexander von Bach.
00:41:17From now on, the government will be governed
00:41:19by direct laws issued by the Austrian Chancellery.
00:41:22The Transylvanian Diet is dissolved.
00:41:25The State of Settlement is established
00:41:27and Ljubagija is reinstated.
00:41:29On December 15, 1849,
00:41:32Avram Iancu was arrested in Halmagiu,
00:41:35but was released quickly
00:41:37by the Romanian population from the area
00:41:39threatened with the massacre of the Austrian Guard.
00:41:42The Romanians will continue to send numerous
00:41:45memorials and petitions to the Imperial Court in Vienna
00:41:48and to himself, Emperor Franz Josef.
00:41:59Your Highness, Avramus sent me to tell you that he is not coming.
00:42:03He said that a liar and a liar have nothing to say.
00:42:07Well, goodbye!
00:42:16What's up?
00:42:17Get him!
00:42:26Did you hear me?
00:42:28Take him away!
00:42:34Anfuster!
00:42:35Schlag ihn!
00:43:04Der Patient ist stabil.
00:43:06Aber ist stark dehydratzt.
00:43:22Don't worry, he's not dehydrated.
00:43:24If he is, let's give him some water.
00:43:33Schlag ihn!
00:43:39Hey, are you with the Romanians?
00:43:42We're celebrating next spring.
00:43:44I'm not going to the wedding.
00:43:46Come on!
00:43:47Maybe I'll give you a birth.
00:43:49Nobody.
00:43:50What did you say?
00:43:51Nobody.
00:43:52Nobody.
00:43:53Nobody.
00:43:54Nobody.
00:43:55Nobody.
00:43:56Nobody.
00:43:57Nobody.
00:43:58Nobody.
00:43:59Nobody.
00:44:00Nobody.
00:44:01It doesn't matter!
00:44:10Someone said that if you want to make God laugh,
00:44:13you tell him about your future.
00:44:16Maybe that's true.
00:44:18But what makes us, others, believable,
00:44:21is our speciality in making people laugh.
00:44:25There are years and you create the fool,
00:44:27the man in question.
00:44:29the world between us and him,
00:44:33not even finding a place.
00:44:36And the place is the hill,
00:44:41which, thanks to him, is ours and yours.
00:44:45Those who saw it felt the power
00:44:47and felt that the day when the Romanians
00:44:49would do justice to them would come.
00:44:51But the little one didn't feel this for long.
00:44:59The day when the Romanians would do justice to them would come.
00:45:02The day when the Romanians would do justice to them would come.
00:45:04The day when the Romanians would do justice to them would come.
00:45:29Avramut, the table is ready.
00:45:34I'll give you some gold and a whip,
00:45:37and you'll see that it puts you on your feet.
00:45:39I'm not hungry, uncle.
00:45:42I knew it, Avramut.
00:45:44Avramut, you're weak and sick.
00:45:48I'll tell you something, but don't be afraid.
00:45:55When you were a little boy,
00:45:57your mother prayed, and I heard her.
00:46:01Do you know what she asked for?
00:46:03She asked God to give you a son.
00:46:09That's what she asked.
00:46:15I don't know what to do now, uncle.
00:46:19Will I be able to fight today?
00:46:33Avramut,
00:46:38Avramut,
00:46:41the war is about to start.
00:46:44What fight do you want to go to?
00:46:48The fight we have to endure.
00:46:55You'll go.
00:46:56But let me sleep for a night.
00:46:58Let me sleep.
00:46:59Let me sleep.
00:47:00Let me sleep.
00:47:02Come on.
00:47:03Let me sleep. It's starting to rain.
00:47:05I want to listen.
00:47:07Listen to me.
00:47:11Do you hear me?
00:47:14Okay, Avramut.
00:47:16But tomorrow, you'll get up to fight again.
00:47:19And you'll send Kaiser the letter,
00:47:21and I'll give it to you.
00:47:23I'll send it to you, Avramut.
00:47:25Yes, I'll send it.
00:47:26I'll send it.
00:47:27I'll send it.
00:47:28I'll send it.
00:47:29Look what we have.
00:47:31And this is where I have to be.
00:47:36And I'll go there,
00:47:38and I'll tell your father,
00:47:39and the Romanians,
00:47:40and the Hungarians,
00:47:41and the Sassanians,
00:47:42and how it should be,
00:47:43word for word.
00:47:44Believe me.
00:47:47And there's no way he'll buy me.
00:47:50Because
00:47:52he never asked me for money.
00:47:54Never.
00:47:55Never.
00:47:58And he should have died.
00:48:01He'll die, but I'll still love him.
00:48:03Because these things don't stay that way.
00:48:06Do you understand?
00:48:08I didn't do like him.
00:48:10For power and for gold.
00:48:12Everything I did,
00:48:14I did
00:48:18for peace.
00:48:21That's right, Avramut.
00:48:26See?
00:48:30What a beautiful country we have.
00:48:35What honor we have with it.
00:48:38Iancu suffers more than any of us.
00:48:43The emperor tried to give him degrees,
00:48:46to give him decorations,
00:48:47to make him a general.
00:48:49Iancu said he doesn't want that.
00:48:51He wants the emperor
00:48:53to respect the promises he made to Iancu
00:48:58and to give him back the forests.
00:49:03Now he suffers a lot,
00:49:06he's disappointed,
00:49:08and a lot of people,
00:49:09because he refused the imperial decorations,
00:49:12think he's crazy.
00:49:15This is where it all started.
00:49:17But,
00:49:19this is where it ends.
00:49:27Being a teacher and a priestess
00:49:30in the village of Valea Bradului,
00:49:32and at the same time,
00:49:33a very, very, very close niece
00:49:35of the priest, Toma Faur,
00:49:37I had the opportunity
00:49:39to explore the archives of the parish
00:49:42and I found out the following story.
00:49:46Avram Iancu,
00:49:48feeling the end was near,
00:49:51a few days before his death,
00:49:55stayed in the house of the priest, Toma Faur,
00:49:59in our village of Valea Bradului,
00:50:01in the village of Valea Bradului,
00:50:03in the village of Valea Bradului,
00:50:05in the village of Valea Bradului,
00:50:07in our village of Valea Bradului.
00:50:09Finding a friendly environment,
00:50:11understanding and listening
00:50:13from the priest's family,
00:50:15Avram Iancu
00:50:17discusses with him
00:50:19the social problems
00:50:21of the life of the monks
00:50:23in Zaran.
00:50:25And at the same time,
00:50:27the problems
00:50:29related to his health care.
00:50:33He makes him a prayer
00:50:36in the morning,
00:50:38on the 9th of September, 1872.
00:50:42Then the priest, Toma,
00:50:44gave him the prayer
00:50:46and Avram Iancu left for Brat.
00:50:50Our Father, who art in heaven,
00:50:52hallowed be thy name.
00:50:55Thy kingdom come,
00:50:58thy will be done,
00:51:00on earth as it is in heaven.
00:51:04Give us this day our daily bread,
00:51:10and forgive us our trespasses,
00:51:14as we forgive those who trespass against us.
00:51:18And lead us not into temptation,
00:51:21but deliver us from evil.
00:51:24For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory,
00:51:28for the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
00:51:31Now, and at the hour of our death.
00:51:40Amen.
00:52:01You have to believe in everything, Avram.
00:52:04That's how I started my journey, right?
00:52:06With faith.
00:52:08Never give up.
00:52:10Never.
00:52:16Never.
00:52:18I'll show you the way.
00:52:22This is how I want to die.
00:52:26To raise my hand again.
00:52:29To say goodbye.
00:52:31Now.
00:52:33When it's quiet.
00:52:43God will answer your prayers.
00:52:47The next day
00:52:57You're smiling again, Avram.
00:52:59That's a good sign.
00:53:02It's just a hangover, man.
00:53:08Have some bread. It's better than at the farm.
00:53:11Eat.
00:53:13I don't eat these things.
00:53:15No.
00:53:17That's right.
00:53:19Don't eat.
00:53:27I can ask you something, but don't get mad.
00:53:31Tell me.
00:53:38Can you show me that letter from Franz?
00:53:42Which one did you get?
00:53:49I'm not mad.
00:53:51But it's not spring with flowers.
00:53:56I didn't want to fast in Vienna.
00:53:59I wanted to go to war.
00:54:01For our people.
00:54:03To fight for our fate.
00:54:05You hear me?
00:54:12The next day
00:54:27In the name of Franz Josef,
00:54:30the Emperor, the Holy and the Holy Spirit,
00:54:33I, Avram Iancu,
00:54:35the Crown Prince,
00:54:38honor to be an Imperial Servant
00:54:41with a salary of 2,400 florins
00:54:43in Vienna,
00:54:45or 1,600 florins
00:54:47if you want to stay in Transylvania
00:54:50and work in Hermannstadt.
00:54:53God, that's a lot of money.
00:54:56What an honor.
00:55:01I don't have money, Father.
00:55:03I'm going.
00:55:06And the letter?
00:55:10The beautiful lies of the foreigners
00:55:13never pleased me.
00:55:15Keep it in mind.
00:55:25We recognize through this
00:55:27the special merits brought to the service of the Empire.
00:55:30We are delighted in the way
00:55:32that by leading the people
00:55:34in the battle of Cracow
00:55:36you offered the Imperial Army
00:55:38the courage to regroup
00:55:40in a period of struggle
00:55:42for the crown
00:55:44and for our nation.
00:55:46We are delighted in the way
00:55:48that by leading the people
00:55:50in the battle of Cracow
00:55:52you offered the Imperial Army
00:55:54the courage to regroup.
00:55:56We consider that our gesture
00:55:58is a great act of nobility
00:56:00on our part.
00:56:04Here is Iancu's vision.
00:56:07He fought in the Revolution
00:56:09with a gun
00:56:11and could not obtain political rights
00:56:13neither from the Imperial
00:56:15nor from the leaders of the Hungarian Revolution.
00:56:18The chance he saw in 1850
00:56:21was that of education.
00:56:23Respectively, the establishment of a university
00:56:26for young Romanians in Transylvania,
00:56:28as he also pursued a law faculty.
00:56:32They were well prepared
00:56:34to do everything possible
00:56:36for the rights of the Romanian police
00:56:38in Transylvania to be fulfilled.
00:56:40The year 1918
00:56:42will confirm that Iancu's vision
00:56:44was correct.
00:56:46Respectively, the tens of thousands of intellectuals
00:56:49who were involved in the preparation
00:56:51of the great national gatherings
00:56:53and the national movements
00:56:55in Transylvania
00:56:57contributed decisively
00:56:59to the victory of 1918.
00:57:01Go in peace, people!
00:57:04And do not make him an icon on the hill.
00:57:08He was worth it,
00:57:10and he did not like to rise.
00:57:12Carry him in your bosoms,
00:57:14in your souls,
00:57:16and know that he will bring you
00:57:18light and hope.
00:57:21And may God help us and bless us
00:57:24to be able to continue the fight
00:57:26and the last of his will.
00:57:30Let us fight with the weapon of the law in our hands.
00:57:34I order you to go in peace.
00:57:41When autumn came,
00:57:43my duties were fulfilled,
00:57:45making me a minister.
00:57:51But who killed my mother?
00:57:53The best priest of your father.
00:57:55For him, my father died.
00:57:57For all of us.
00:58:02Some of them did not want to accept this truth,
00:58:05and visited me for the last time.
00:58:17Good evening, Father.
00:58:18God help us!
00:58:19We all leave!
00:58:22Good people!
00:58:24You did not see how many people were there.
00:58:26You did not see where so much money came from.
00:58:28Tell me, Father Kefauver, how much was it?
00:58:30I do not speak well of others for the soul of God.
00:58:32Tell me, man of God, how much was it?
00:58:34Where did we get it from?
00:58:36You do not see, do you?
00:58:37I can not reach it.
00:58:38Well, maybe I do not have it, alone,
00:58:40but he has it, he has it, he has it,
00:58:42everyone comes with gold.
00:58:43We have united.
00:58:44They did not take anything with them up there.
00:58:46Neither the apples, nor the mountains, nor the fields.
00:58:48Apiton left us nine.
00:58:50What?
00:58:51We do not have to pay tribute to Kaiser
00:58:53and to those who hate him and lie to him.
00:58:55We asked God to protect him.
00:58:57He left us nine.
00:58:58And in the end, everyone understands this.
00:59:00Whether it is a good word,
00:59:02or through death and blood.
00:59:04For everyone.
00:59:09The only desire of my life
00:59:11is to see my nation happy.
00:59:14For which, after power, I have worked until now,
00:59:16pain without much success.
00:59:19But just now, with a sadness,
00:59:21I see that my hopes and the sacrifice brought
00:59:23are not in vain.
00:59:26I do not know how many more days I can have.
00:59:28A kind of foreboding seems to me
00:59:30that would tell me that the future is uncertain.
00:59:33I willingly and determinedly
00:59:35to have, after my death,
00:59:37all my moving and non-moving assets
00:59:39to serve the nation.
00:59:42With the help of the establishment
00:59:44of a law academy.
00:59:46Strongly believing that the warriors with the gun of law
00:59:48will be able to remove the rights
00:59:50of the new nation.
00:59:52Câmpeni, December 20th.
00:59:54Avram Iancu, lawyer.
01:00:05One last word.
01:00:07The last story for a man on his last journey.
01:00:11When we think of the fundamental heroes,
01:00:13we see them as a bunch of clowns.
01:00:15As a bunch of clowns.
01:00:17Always strong, always afraid,
01:00:19always angry.
01:00:21Because it is about them that their deeds speak.
01:00:23And the comrades who were with them
01:00:25in the shortest moments.
01:00:27But you should know that sometimes
01:00:29it is good to listen
01:00:31how they are remembered from another perspective.
01:00:39My grandfather, Pegăina,
01:00:41used to get on the train
01:00:43to meet Avram Iancu.
01:00:45But not only him,
01:00:47but many other children.
01:00:49Iancu was studying all day long.
01:00:51They were stealing his horse.
01:00:55They were stealing his horse.
01:00:57They were taking him somewhere far away
01:00:59and they left him there.
01:01:03And later he came with his horse
01:01:05to Iancu.
01:01:07And Iancu asked him
01:01:09why he took his horse
01:01:11from a madman.
01:01:13They didn't see that he was mad.
01:01:15They left the horse
01:01:17and Iancu went to another city.
01:01:21But Iancu wasn't here.
01:01:23He was in Râbita,
01:01:25in Blajen.
01:01:27Or maybe I don't remember.
01:01:29When I was a child,
01:01:31my uncle used to tell me
01:01:33that many old people
01:01:35used to talk to him.
01:01:37Many old people
01:01:39used to talk to him.
01:01:45As they used to say,
01:01:47they used to say
01:01:49that this emperor
01:01:51took Austria
01:01:53and called him
01:01:55to meet him in Avram Iancu.
01:01:57And Iancu introduced himself
01:01:59as a madman.
01:02:01But how?
01:02:03With a horse on a cow,
01:02:05and he said
01:02:07that he was a smart man
01:02:09and that he couldn't lie.
01:02:13How did it go?
01:02:25As you have seen,
01:02:27things are not always as they seem.
01:02:29Sometimes,
01:02:31we can't remember people
01:02:33but we miss them.
01:03:03Iancu's song
01:03:05Iancu's song
01:03:07Iancu's song
01:03:09Iancu's song
01:03:11Iancu's song
01:03:13Iancu's song
01:03:15Iancu's song
01:03:17Iancu's song
01:03:19Iancu's song
01:03:21Iancu's song
01:03:23Iancu's song
01:03:25Iancu's song
01:03:27Iancu's song
01:03:29Iancu's song
01:03:31Up, up, up to the mountain
01:03:33Up, up, up
01:03:35To the Roman
01:03:37Up, there
01:03:39I have been
01:03:41Up there
01:03:43In the
01:03:45Aguider
01:03:47Up
01:03:49In the Aguider
01:03:51Up
01:03:53In the Aguider
01:03:55I'm going to get you out of here, I'm going to get you out of here, I'm going to get you out of here, I'm going to get you out of here, I'm going to get you out of here, I'm going to get you out of here, I'm going to get you out of here, I'm going to get you out of here, I'm going to get you out of here, I'm going to get you out of here, I'm going to get you out of here, I'm going to get you out of here, I'm going to get you out of here, I'm going to get you out of here, I'm going to get you out of here, I'm going to get you out of here, I'm going to get you out of here, I'm going to get you out of here, I'm going to get you out of here, I'm going to get you out of here, I'm going to get you out of here, I'm going to get you out of here, I'm
01:04:25going to get you out of here, I'm going to get you out of here, I'm going to get you
01:04:55out of here, I'm going to get you out of here, I'm going to get you out of here, I'm going
01:05:25to get you out of here, I'm going to get you out of here, I'm going to get you out of here.