“[…] The film is part of the national trilogy, together with Iancu Jlanu (1928) and Cioceii (1931), dedicated to the struggle of the Rumanian population at the beginning of the 1800s, when the Ottoman Empire designated the Pharinote princes (Greeks raised in the Fanat quarter of Istanbul) as the lords of Rumania. The Haiducii were men who, led by Iancu Jianu, defended the poor from the abuses of these foreign dictators. The action takes place between 1812 and 1817, before the revolution of 1821, led by Tudor Vladimirencu (the two characters meet at the end of the film). Against this historical background, the melodramatic story of two sisters is set, Ileana and Victorita; the first is kidnapped by the Pharinotes and the second, in the guise of the boy Mihaita, tries to rescue her by joining the group of which the haiduco Mereanu has just become leader. Helped by Tunsu, in whose hostelry the Pharinote have set up their headquarters, Mereanu manages to overcome every obstacle, triumphing in his long encounter with the latter. Having discovered the true identity of Victorita, he falls in love with her and the two decide to ‘fight together for the freedom of the people’, alongside their faithful haiducii. The director, Horia Igirosanu, made every effort to distribute the film. He signed contracts for the distribution of the Haiducii in the United States (on the circuit reserved for Rumanian immigrants) and in France. In Rumania, Igirosanu undertook a long tour (1931-1933) with his entire trilogy. Haiducii is the only film of Igirosanu to have survived; fortunately his publicising activities were very intense (as the collection of the magazines Clipa and Clipa cinematographica, run by him show) so that we have a sufficiently complete picture of his personality”. […]

(Dinu-Ioan Nicula, Cinegrafie, n. 9, 1996)