 A "film" made in haste, with a troupe of second-hand actors and with the help of General Constantinescu, who commanded a division at Pitești, from whom he had obtained the extras needed for the war scenes, ""Războiul din 1877-1878"" was screened a day before by the prefect of the capital's police, who decided that it did not correspond with historic fact.Consequently, the film was confiscated and destroyed, Raymond Pellerin was declared "persona non grata" and he left for Paris, while the "collaborationist" general saw himself moved to another garrison as a means of discipline.On 5 May 1912, the magazine "Flacăra" ("The Flame") brought to its readers' attention the fact that "as it is known, a few artists have founded a society with the goal of producing a film about the War of Independence...