''Mercenaries' Trap'' ( ro, Capcana mercenarilor) is a 1981 Romanian adventure drama war film, directed by

Sergiu Nicolaescu Sergiu Florin Nicolaescu (; 13 April 1930 – 3 January 2013) was a Romanian film director, actor and politician. He was best known for his historical films, such as '' Mihai Viteazul'' (1970, released in English both under the equivalent tit ...

. The movie is set in

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towards the end of

World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was List of wars and anthropogenic disasters by death toll, one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, ...

Cast

* Gheorghe Cozorici – baron colonel von Görtz *

– major Tudor Andrei *

Mircea Albulescu Iorgu Constantin Albulescu (4 October 1934 – 8 April 2016), known professionally as Mircea Albulescu (), was a Romanian actor, university professor, journalist, poet, writer, and member of the Writers' Union of Romania (''Uniunea Scriitorilor' ...

– captain Luca * Ion Besoiu – captain Lemeni *

Amza Pellea Amza Pellea (; 7 April 1931 – 12 December 1983) was a Romanian actor noted for playing Romanian national heroes on film. He was born in Băilești, Oltenia, and attended the Carol I High School in Craiova. He later played at the Craiova Th ...

– mercenary Frank *

Jean Constantin Jean Constantin (; born Constantin Cornel Jean; 21 August 1927 – 26 May 2010) was a well-known Romanian comedian of Greek ethnicity. Constantin was born in Techirghiol, and died in Constanța. Filmography *' (2010) .... Agârbiceanu *''Vine ...

– Hans * Colea Răutu – cavalry sergeant Ion Ailenei * – Genovese mercenary * – mercenary * Șerban Ionescu – Mitru, Luca's brother * – lieutenant Dumitru Ionescu * – toothless mercenary *

Constantin Codrescu Constantin Codrescu (; 5 September 1931 – 13 November 2022) was a Romanian actor. He appeared in more than thirty films since 1953. Born in Huși, he was raised in northern Bukovina, but had to move to Bucharest after the region was annexed ...

– director of the poker club * Mircea Gogan – Wilhelm * George Mihăiță – Onuț, Luca's brother * Violeta Andrei – countess Esther, wife of baron von Görtz * – young peasant woman * – lover of the poker club's director * * –priest *

Ion Pascu An ion () is an atom or molecule with a net electrical charge. The charge of an electron is considered to be negative by convention and this charge is equal and opposite to the charge of a proton, which is considered to be positive by conven ...

* Alexandru Rioșanu * Vasile Popa *

Ion Pall An ion () is an atom or molecule with a net electrical charge. The charge of an electron is considered to be negative by convention and this charge is equal and opposite to the charge of a proton, which is considered to be positive by con ...

* Dumitru Crăciun * Adrian Ștefănescu *

Mihai Adrian Mihai () is a Romanian given name for males or a surname. It is equivalent to the English name Michael. A variant of the name is Mihail. Its female form is Mihaela. As a given name *Mihai I of Romania (1921–2017), King of Romania until 1947 * M ...

* Doru Dumitrescu *

Ion Polizache An ion () is an atom or molecule with a net electrical charge. The charge of an electron is considered to be negative by convention and this charge is equal and opposite to the charge of a proton, which is considered to be positive by con ...

Alexandru Dobrescu Alexandru is the Romanian form of the name Alexander. Common diminutives are Alecu, Alex, and Sandu. Origin Etymologically, the name is derived from the Greek "Αλέξανδρος" (Aléxandros), meaning "defending men" or "protector of men" ...

– Romanian colonel *

Vasile Boghiță The male name Vasile is of Greek origin and means "King". Vasile is a male Romanian given name or a surname. It is equivalent to the English name Basil. As a given name As a surname *Cristian Vasile (1908–1985), Romanian tango-romance s ...

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* 1981 films 1980s Romanian-language films Films set in 1918 German World War I films Films directed by Sergiu Nicolaescu Romanian historical films 1980s German films Romanian World War I films World War I films set on the Eastern Front Films set in Transylvania {{WWI-film-stub