Aurel Cioranu

The Poseidon Explosion (1973)

A group of firefighters discover explosives on an abandoned ship which threatens the local city  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mircea Drăgan
CAST:  Radu Beligan  •  Gheorghe Dinică  •  Toma Caragiu  •  Dem Rădulescu

A group of firefighters discover explosives on an abandoned ship which threatens the local city  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mircea Drăgan
CAST:  Radu Beligan  •  Gheorghe Dinică  •  Toma Caragiu  •  Dem Rădulescu

Why Are the Bells Ringing, Mitica? (1981)

Based on a theatrical text by Romanian writer Ion Luca Caragiale (1852-1912), who was a bitter and funny witness of the turn-of-the-20th-century Romanian bourgeois mores, Carnival Scenes manages to preserve and further enhance the slightly hysteric atmosphere of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lucian Pintilie
CAST:  Victor Rebengiuc  •  Mariana Mihuț  •  Tora Vasilescu  •  Gheorghe Dinică

Based on a theatrical text by Romanian writer Ion Luca Caragiale (1852-1912), who was a bitter and funny witness of the turn-of-the-20th-century Romanian bourgeois mores, Carnival Scenes manages to preserve and further enhance the slightly hysteric atmosphere of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lucian Pintilie
CAST:  Victor Rebengiuc  •  Mariana Mihuț  •  Tora Vasilescu  •  Gheorghe Dinică

Brigade Miscellaneous on Alert (1971)

The adventures of three Romanian inept petty criminals during the 1970s.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mircea Drăgan
CAST:  Dem Rădulescu  •  Puiu Călinescu  •  Toma Caragiu  •  Sebastian Papaiani

The adventures of three Romanian inept petty criminals during the 1970s.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mircea Drăgan
CAST:  Dem Rădulescu  •  Puiu Călinescu  •  Toma Caragiu  •  Sebastian Papaiani

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DIRECTION:  Mircea Mureșan
CAST:  Romeo Pop  •  Costel Constantin  •  Dan Nuțu  •  Ion Caramitru

Stay with You (1982)

A well to do woman in the country wants a husband and an apartment in the city. But thibg do not turn as planned.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Cornea
CAST:  Dana Dogaru  •  Florin Zamfirescu  •  Mihai Mereuţă  •  Sebastian Papaiani

A well to do woman in the country wants a husband and an apartment in the city. But thibg do not turn as planned.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Cornea
CAST:  Dana Dogaru  •  Florin Zamfirescu  •  Mihai Mereuţă  •  Sebastian Papaiani

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DIRECTION:  Dinu Cocea
CAST:  Florin Piersic  •  Marga Barbu  •  Toma Caragiu  •  Aimee Iacobescu

The Mill of Good Luck (1957)

Follows the inner transformation of a man who tried to fight his demon, the love for money, and lost.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Victor Iliu
CAST:  Constantin Codrescu  •  Geo Barton  •  Ioana Bulcă  •  Colea Răutu

Follows the inner transformation of a man who tried to fight his demon, the love for money, and lost.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Victor Iliu
CAST:  Constantin Codrescu  •  Geo Barton  •  Ioana Bulcă  •  Colea Răutu

Close to Sun (1961)

Petre Orsa, a young peasant gets a job at the Hunedoara Steel Mill with the dream of becoming a top-notch steel-man, having Mihai Solca - a sort of communist industrial hero- as his role model. He starts low moving dirt around with a shovel but he soon gets into ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Savel Știopul
CAST:  Florin Piersic  •  Vasilica Tastaman  •  Titus Lapteș  •  Dorin Dron

Petre Orsa, a young peasant gets a job at the Hunedoara Steel Mill with the dream of becoming a top-notch steel-man, having Mihai Solca - a sort of communist industrial hero- as his role model. He starts low moving dirt around with a shovel but he soon gets into ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Savel Știopul
CAST:  Florin Piersic  •  Vasilica Tastaman  •  Titus Lapteș  •  Dorin Dron

The Winner (1981)

A successful boxer has a difficult time due to the fact that his family feels neglected.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tudor Mărăscu
CAST:  Marian Culiniac  •  Tora Vasilescu  •  Nicolae Praida  •  Aurel Cioranu

A successful boxer has a difficult time due to the fact that his family feels neglected.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tudor Mărăscu
CAST:  Marian Culiniac  •  Tora Vasilescu  •  Nicolae Praida  •  Aurel Cioranu

Eruption (1957)

The eruption of an oil well is much needed for the survival of the workers and their families living nearby.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Liviu Ciulei
CAST:  Eva Christian  •  Lica Gheorghiu  •  Ștefan Ciubotărașu  •  Dorin Dron

The eruption of an oil well is much needed for the survival of the workers and their families living nearby.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Liviu Ciulei
CAST:  Eva Christian  •  Lica Gheorghiu  •  Ștefan Ciubotărașu  •  Dorin Dron

Păcală (1974)

Pacala is an important hero in Romanian popular tradition. He is always making fun of everything wrong with the human behaviour such as stupidity, greed or vanity. His attitude and actions always bring damages to the mean, evil and materialistic people. So beside ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Geo Saizescu
CAST:  Sebastian Papaiani  •  Mariella Petrescu  •  Ștefan Mihăilescu-Brăila  •  Vasilica Tastaman

Pacala is an important hero in Romanian popular tradition. He is always making fun of everything wrong with the human behaviour such as stupidity, greed or vanity. His attitude and actions always bring damages to the mean, evil and materialistic people. So beside ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Geo Saizescu
CAST:  Sebastian Papaiani  •  Mariella Petrescu  •  Ștefan Mihăilescu-Brăila  •  Vasilica Tastaman

The Youth Elixir (1975)

An old geriatrics professor accidentally discovers after a high-school reunion a potion that can rejuvenate anybody and uses it on him and his friends. They all go their new youthful ways but, for most of them, things don't go according to plan.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gheorghe Naghi
CAST:  Florin Piersic  •  Anna Széles  •  Aurel Cioranu  •  Melania Cârje

An old geriatrics professor accidentally discovers after a high-school reunion a potion that can rejuvenate anybody and uses it on him and his friends. They all go their new youthful ways but, for most of them, things don't go according to plan.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gheorghe Naghi
CAST:  Florin Piersic  •  Anna Széles  •  Aurel Cioranu  •  Melania Cârje

A Lost Letter (1977)

The plot take place in 1883 in a small provincial town in Romania, where the corrupt establishment decide everything, including - of course - who will be the "elected" representative to the national Senate. A love letter from the bachelor mayor to the wife of the ...  (more)

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CAST:  Ștefan Bănică  •  Aurel Cioranu  •  Octavian Cotescu  •  Mircea Diaconu

The plot take place in 1883 in a small provincial town in Romania, where the corrupt establishment decide everything, including - of course - who will be the "elected" representative to the national Senate. A love letter from the bachelor mayor to the wife of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Ștefan Bănică  •  Aurel Cioranu  •  Octavian Cotescu  •  Mircea Diaconu

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DIRECTION:  Aurel Miheleș
CAST:  Florin Călinescu  •  Magda Catone  •  Aurel Cioranu  •  Eugen Cristea