The Mysteries of Bucharest

The events take place before the uprising of 1848. The place is the Principality of Wallachia and its capital Bucharest. Prince Gheorghe Bibescu is on the throne. Secret societies are forming in the city. Their aim is to bring the prince down. Weapons are being moved under cover. The first popular revolts in Bucharest are being prepared. Meanwhile another order runs beneath the city. Thieves and beggars keep their own rules. One of them, accused of betrayal, is put on trial by the rest. An adventurer called Mărgelatu gets drawn into events. He foils an attempt on the prince’s life. Who stands on which side keeps shifting. The film is the third part of a series. Florin Piersic and Marga Barbu appear in the ninety seven minute film, a Romanian and German co-production Doru Năstase finished in 1983.