Mihai Niculescu

Vampire Journals (1997)

A 19th century vampire stalks a more powerful vampire lord in his quest to gain revenge over the death of his mistress. In his search for the vampire lord in Eastern Europe he kills many of his servants and fellow vampires while cursing another to vampirism as well.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ted Nicolaou
CAST:  Jonathon Morris  •  David Gunn  •  Kirsten Cerre  •  Starr Andreeff

A 19th century vampire stalks a more powerful vampire lord in his quest to gain revenge over the death of his mistress. In his search for the vampire lord in Eastern Europe he kills many of his servants and fellow vampires while cursing another to vampirism as well.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ted Nicolaou
CAST:  Jonathon Morris  •  David Gunn  •  Kirsten Cerre  •  Starr Andreeff

Mirror (1994)

Depicts Romania during World War II, focusing on the Royal Coup that toppled Ion Antonescu, the Axis-allied Conducător and authoritarian Prime Minister. Focused around the August 23rd 1944 coup against Marshal Antonescu, the movie also tackles other topics from the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sergiu Nicolaescu
CAST:  Ion Siminie  •  Adrian Vâlcu  •  Gheorghe Dinică  •  George Constantin

Depicts Romania during World War II, focusing on the Royal Coup that toppled Ion Antonescu, the Axis-allied Conducător and authoritarian Prime Minister. Focused around the August 23rd 1944 coup against Marshal Antonescu, the movie also tackles other topics from the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sergiu Nicolaescu
CAST:  Ion Siminie  •  Adrian Vâlcu  •  Gheorghe Dinică  •  George Constantin

Luxury Hotel (1992)

In an allegorical tale, a luxurious hotel is ruled like a communist country. The ignorant views of leaders and the social stratification are the main focus.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dan Pița
CAST:  Valentin Popescu  •  Ştefan Iordache  •  Irina Petrescu  •  Irina Movilă

In an allegorical tale, a luxurious hotel is ruled like a communist country. The ignorant views of leaders and the social stratification are the main focus.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dan Pița
CAST:  Valentin Popescu  •  Ştefan Iordache  •  Irina Petrescu  •  Irina Movilă

Leapin' Leprechauns (1995)

A man tries to build a theme park on top of land that's secretly the home to friendly Leprechauns.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ted Nicolaou
CAST:  John Bluthal  •  Grant Cramer  •  Godfrey James  •  Tina Martin

A man tries to build a theme park on top of land that's secretly the home to friendly Leprechauns.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ted Nicolaou
CAST:  John Bluthal  •  Grant Cramer  •  Godfrey James  •  Tina Martin

Amen. (2002)

Kurt Gerstein—a member of the Institute for Hygiene of the Waffen-SS—is horrified by what he sees in the death camps. he is then shocked to learn that the process he used to purify water for his troops by using Zyklon-B, is now used to kill people in gas chambers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Costa-Gavras
CAST:  Ulrich Tukur  •  Mathieu Kassovitz  •  Ulrich Mühe  •  Michel Duchaussoy

Kurt Gerstein—a member of the Institute for Hygiene of the Waffen-SS—is horrified by what he sees in the death camps. he is then shocked to learn that the process he used to purify water for his troops by using Zyklon-B, is now used to kill people in gas chambers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Costa-Gavras
CAST:  Ulrich Tukur  •  Mathieu Kassovitz  •  Ulrich Mühe  •  Michel Duchaussoy

Lurid Tales: The Castle Queen (1997)

Made for cable, this erotic drama follows a modern young man on a virtual reality trip back to 17th-century England where men were men and women were readily available.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David DeCoteau
CAST:  Shannon Dow Smith  •  Kim Dawson  •  Cristi Harris  •  Mihaela Mihut

Made for cable, this erotic drama follows a modern young man on a virtual reality trip back to 17th-century England where men were men and women were readily available.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David DeCoteau
CAST:  Shannon Dow Smith  •  Kim Dawson  •  Cristi Harris  •  Mihaela Mihut

Youth Without Youth (2007)

A love story wrapped in a mystery. Set in Europe before WWII, professor of language and philosophy Dominic Matei is struck by lightning and ages backwards from 70 to 40 in a week, attracting the world and the Nazis. While on the run, the professor meets a young ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Francis Ford Coppola
CAST:  Tim Roth  •  Alexandra Maria Lara  •  Bruno Ganz  •  André Hennicke

A love story wrapped in a mystery. Set in Europe before WWII, professor of language and philosophy Dominic Matei is struck by lightning and ages backwards from 70 to 40 in a week, attracting the world and the Nazis. While on the run, the professor meets a young ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Francis Ford Coppola
CAST:  Tim Roth  •  Alexandra Maria Lara  •  Bruno Ganz  •  André Hennicke

A Royal Christmas (2014)

A young working girl with a blue-collar background is surprised when her new fiancé announces he is actually a prince of a small sovereign country in Europe. After the couple quickly takes off to spend the holidays at his family’s sprawling, royal castle, she must ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alex Zamm
CAST:  Lacey Chabert  •  Stephen Hagan  •  Jane Seymour  •  Katherine Flynn

A young working girl with a blue-collar background is surprised when her new fiancé announces he is actually a prince of a small sovereign country in Europe. After the couple quickly takes off to spend the holidays at his family’s sprawling, royal castle, she must ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alex Zamm
CAST:  Lacey Chabert  •  Stephen Hagan  •  Jane Seymour  •  Katherine Flynn

6.9 on the Richter Scale (2016)

A humble Romanian actor in his 40's, hardly surviving between a complicated part in a musical, a depressed wife, and the obsession of an imminent, devastating earthquake, becomes the victim of his manipulative father.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nae Caranfil
CAST:  Maria Simona Arsu  •  Laurentiu Bãnescu  •  Maria Obretin  •  Alexandru Papadopol

A humble Romanian actor in his 40's, hardly surviving between a complicated part in a musical, a depressed wife, and the obsession of an imminent, devastating earthquake, becomes the victim of his manipulative father.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nae Caranfil
CAST:  Maria Simona Arsu  •  Laurentiu Bãnescu  •  Maria Obretin  •  Alexandru Papadopol

I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians (2018)

"I do not care if we go down in history as barbarians." These words, spoken in the Council of Ministers of the summer of 1941, started the ethnic cleansing on the Eastern Front. The film attempts to comment on this statement.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Radu Jude
CAST:  Ioana Iacob  •  Alexandru Bogdan  •  Alexandru Dabija  •  Ion Rizea

"I do not care if we go down in history as barbarians." These words, spoken in the Council of Ministers of the summer of 1941, started the ethnic cleansing on the Eastern Front. The film attempts to comment on this statement.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Radu Jude
CAST:  Ioana Iacob  •  Alexandru Bogdan  •  Alexandru Dabija  •  Ion Rizea

Love and Warm Water (1992)

Angela (Liliana Pană) and Dorina (Magda Catone), working at the Match Factory, live in the home and dream of marriage and spouses to give them a decent living. But the illusions are shattered when the men encountered prove their lack of character: Titi (the boy ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dan Mironescu
CAST:  Liliana Pană  •  Magda Catone  •  Mihai Bica  •  Florin Zamfirescu

Angela (Liliana Pană) and Dorina (Magda Catone), working at the Match Factory, live in the home and dream of marriage and spouses to give them a decent living. But the illusions are shattered when the men encountered prove their lack of character: Titi (the boy ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dan Mironescu
CAST:  Liliana Pană  •  Magda Catone  •  Mihai Bica  •  Florin Zamfirescu

Nobody's Children (1994)

An American couple's battle through bureaucracy to adopt a Romanian child.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Wheatley
CAST:  Ann-Margret  •  Dominique Sanda  •  Clive Owen  •  Katrin Cartlidge

An American couple's battle through bureaucracy to adopt a Romanian child.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Wheatley
CAST:  Ann-Margret  •  Dominique Sanda  •  Clive Owen  •  Katrin Cartlidge

Pepe and Fifi (1994)

The grim realities of daily life in post-Communist Romania are described in this dark drama, which was filmed on-location in the poorer areas of Bucharest. Pepe & Fifi are brother and sister. Pepe is a struggling boxer, and Fifi is a barfly addicted to Bucharest's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dan Pița
CAST:  Cristian Iacob  •  Irina Movilă  •  Emil Hostina  •  Liliana Biclea

The grim realities of daily life in post-Communist Romania are described in this dark drama, which was filmed on-location in the poorer areas of Bucharest. Pepe & Fifi are brother and sister. Pepe is a struggling boxer, and Fifi is a barfly addicted to Bucharest's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dan Pița
CAST:  Cristian Iacob  •  Irina Movilă  •  Emil Hostina  •  Liliana Biclea

Magic in the Mirror (1996)

A little girl's imaginary friends come to life when she goes through her great-grandmother's antique mirror, a la Alice, after she sees it glowing.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ted Nicolaou
CAST:  Jamie Renée Smith  •  Kevin Wixted  •  Saxon Trainor  •  David Brooks

A little girl's imaginary friends come to life when she goes through her great-grandmother's antique mirror, a la Alice, after she sees it glowing.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ted Nicolaou
CAST:  Jamie Renée Smith  •  Kevin Wixted  •  Saxon Trainor  •  David Brooks

Magic in the Mirror: Fowl Play (1997)

Dr Tuttle uses the Doppelganger to breach a mirror, letting Dragora, Dabble and Swanson into the people world. Dragora uses this opportunity to get revenge on Mary Margaret, by way of having her over for tea.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ted Nicolaou
CAST:  Jamie Renée Smith  •  Kevin Wixted  •  Saxon Trainor  •  David Brooks

Dr Tuttle uses the Doppelganger to breach a mirror, letting Dragora, Dabble and Swanson into the people world. Dragora uses this opportunity to get revenge on Mary Margaret, by way of having her over for tea.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ted Nicolaou
CAST:  Jamie Renée Smith  •  Kevin Wixted  •  Saxon Trainor  •  David Brooks

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DIRECTION:  Dan Pița
CAST:  Ştefan Iordache  •  Alina Chivulescu  •  George Mihăiță  •  Maia Morgenstern

Personal Issues (1981)

Communist activists have to let out steam due to increased pressure in their professional life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Reu
CAST:  Traian Stănescu  •  Dorel Vișan  •  Liliana Tudor  •  Ioana Crăciunescu

Communist activists have to let out steam due to increased pressure in their professional life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Reu
CAST:  Traian Stănescu  •  Dorel Vișan  •  Liliana Tudor  •  Ioana Crăciunescu

Blutholz (2022)

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DIRECTION:  Torsten C. Fischer
CAST:  Désirée Nosbusch  •  Joachim Król  •  Alina Levshin  •  Geo Dobre

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DIRECTION:  Torsten C. Fischer
CAST:  Désirée Nosbusch  •  Joachim Król  •  Alina Levshin  •  Geo Dobre