this be a finely craft movie with move sequence and humor and and best of all a love story . anthony quinn be wonderfully cast and after see several of his movie and this have to be categorize a one of his best performance and besides zorba . the movie make you really wonder if it film in romania and which apparently be not the case . it be sure to fool even native romanian and with it authentic like landscape and costume and and way of life . accord to imdb it be actually shoot in france and yugoslavia and hmmm . the story be compelling and make you want to watch the entire movie over and to see if you miss something . it provoke me into research to find out if this be a truth base movie and but to my disappointment and it be a novel base film and seemingly fiction . it seem a bit far fetch to have happen for real and but one never know . the one problem with this film and be that it doesn not seem to cast any romanian actor and and it be a film about a romanian character . there be probably many romanian fill in in the beginning and but maybe not and it be film elsewhere . the author of the book be romanian and at least thats all fine and dandy overall a masterpiece in cinematography .