I would rather call the movie The Royal Mutiny. The subject is vast, hot, burning topic. Of course, the events are very condensed and sketchy. It was mostly an anti royal propaganda as at the time the movie was launched in theaters King Michael I of Romania made attempts to gain popularity, and attempted to recover his throne - be reinstated as king. So, the movie is mostly centered on creating a negative image of King Michael. Communists also have a very sketchy presence, few minutes, and at least that prison guard is presented in all his violent, animalistic veracity. Stefan Radoff, himself a political prisoner, played well his part, but too mono-emotional (like someone suffering from chronic ulcer pain) thus his part is shallow - Radoff was capable of much deeper composition. King Michael is not well-played. As a young king he was much more arrogant, although after going into exile he was very polite, no trace of arrogance in his demeanor - I personally saw him in New York, back in 1999 I guess. The movie deserves to be watched, at least for the tantamount efforts made by Sergiu Nicolaescu too shoot it.