Mircea

Mircea is a 1989 film about Mircea I of Wallachia, the Christian king of Wallachia who repelled the attempts at conquest made by the Ottoman Empire in the late 1300s and early 1400s. The film also depicts a young Vlad III the Impaler, Mircea's grandson, who would succeed him on the throne and continue his legacy of resistance against the Ottoman invasion. This film screenplay was written by Titus Popovici and was directed by Sergiu Nicolaescu.