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During the 19th century war-bands of Ottoman Turks operating from Vidin across the Danube river come into Wallachia to pillage,enslave,murder and destroy with impunity.Wallachia's Phanariote rulers don't oppose the raids and some even collude with the Turks for their own personal benefit.A local band of patriotic Wallachian highwaymen decide to take action.They seek, attack and destroy the Turkish raiders at every opportunity.Lady Haricleea Hangerli,wife of current Wallachian ruler Hangerli Voda,colludes with Turkish Pasha Pazvanoglu to raid Wallachia in order to bring about her husband's downfall and replace him with her son.Pazvanoglu agrees with her plan,in exchange for the spoils from his raids in Wallachia.However,the brave band of local highwaymen led by Captain Amza does not intend to sit idle while the Turks are raiding their lands.

In the opening scene it is stated that:"at the beginning of the 19th century, war-bands of Ottoman turks,led by the feared Pazvanoglu,Pasha of Vidin savagely pillaged Wallachia meeting with no resistance from the part of the Phanariote leadership of Wallachia".

Romanian Director Dinu Cocea co-wrote the screenplay and directed this motion picture.

Second film from the Haiducii series.It was preceded by the 1966 film Haiducii and it's followed by the 1968 film Razbunarea Haiducilor.

The main character, Amza, was played by Ion Besoiu in the first film of the trilogy Haiducii.In this second installment of the trilogy, Amza is played by actor Emanoil Petrut.

Filming took place in parallel with the filming for the sequel of the Haiducii trilogy, Razbunarea Haiducilor.