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ERUPTION (1957) – drama movie online

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

Directed by: Liviu Ciulei
Script: Petre Luscalov
Cast: Eva Cristian, Lucia Mara Dabija, Jean Bart, Dorin Dron, Benedict Dabija, Manole Teodorescu, Ştefan Ciobotăraşu, Costel Constantinescu, Graziela Albini, Lazăr Vrabie, Nicolae Șubă, Lica Gheorghiu

THE YELLOW ROSE (1982) – action movie online

The further adventures of Margelatu, a modern Robin Hood with the flair of a Spaghetti Western hero, who fights against the injustice of corrupted politicians ruling Romania in the 1800s.

Directed by: Doru Năstase
Script: Eugen Barbu, N. Paul Mihail
Cast: Florin Piersic, Marga Barbu, Ion Dichiseanu, Ioana Pavelescu, George Motoi, Traian Stănescu, Papil Panduru, Mihai Mereuţă, Vistrian Roman, Dinu Ianculescu, Ion Marinescu, Constantin Codrescu, Szabolcs (Szobi) Cseh

IANCU JIANU – THE HAIDUK (1982) – historical film online

Alongside Mereanu, Jianu conspires to overthrow the Phanariot regime. Saved from the gallows by Tincuță, who mocks him, and forgiven, as custom demands of the land and the people, Iancu cannot readapt to the boyar world and joins Tudor’s band.

Directed by: Dinu Cocea
Script: Vasile Chirita, Dinu Cocea, Mihai Opriș
Cast: Adrian Pintea, Stela Furcovici, Mărioara Sterian, Mihai Mereuță, George Constantin, Radu Beligan, Ilarion Ciobanu, Emanoil Petruț, Dina Cocea, Geo Nune, Elena Sereda, Draga Olteanu Matei, Jean Constantin, Ștefan Guriță, Alexandru Frăsinel

THE OUTLAWS (1966) – historical film online

The story of a betrayed friendship, of a love that tragically ends, against the backdrop of the haiducs’ struggle against the Phanariot lordship towards the end of the 18th century.

Directed by: Dinu Cocea
Script: Eugen Barbu, Nicolae Mihail, Mihai Opriș
Cast: Ion Besoiu, Marga Barbu, Amza Pellea, Elisabeta Jar, Ion Finteșteanu, Alexandru Giugaru, Fory Etterle, Toma Caragiu, Florin Scărlătescu, Marin Moraru, Mircea Sîntimbreanu, Constantin Guriță, Ileana Buhaci-Gurgulescu, Jean Constantin

GENTLY WAS ANASTASIA PASSING (1980) – drama film online

A border town on the Danube, 1944. One of the German officers is killed by the partisans. The responsible is caught and killed. His body is thrown into the village and nobody is allowed to bury it. Anastasia refuses to obey the order.

Directed by: Alexandru Tatos
Script: Dumitru Radu Popescu
Cast: Anda Onesa, Amza Pellea, Tark Laszlo, Levente Bíró, Cristian Ghiță, Cătălin Ciornei, Imola Gáspár, Răzvan Onesa

BUREBISTA (1980) – historical film online

The action of the film takes place in the 1st century BC, during the reign of King Burebista, the leader of the first centralized Dacian state. Burebista is the only “barbarian” king whom the esteemed Roman emperor, Caesar, did not defeat. The Dacians are preparing for confrontation.

Directed by: Gheorghe Vitanidis
Script: Mihnea Gheorghiu
Cast: George Constantin, Ion Dichiseanu, Emanoil Petrut, Alexandru Repan, Ernest Maftei, Ovidiu Iuliu Moldovan, Serban Ionescu, Stefan Sileanu, Ioana Bulca, Anca Szonyi, Monica Rusu, Constantin Dinulescu, Iulian Necsulescu, Vlad Radescu, Corano Negreanu, Szabolcs Cseh, Vasile Nitulescu

ROAD OF BONES (1980) – action film online

A group of the Pașoptist ‘Fraternity’ takes over a treasure belonging to Tudor from Vladimiri in order to exchange it for weapons in Brașov, in the fight against the Arnauts and their own temptations. Feared by many, Mărgelatu aids the resistance in the struggle against the state authorities.

Directed by: Doru Năstase
Script: Eugen Barbu, N. Paul Mihail
Cast: Florin Piersic, Marga Barbu, Ion Marinescu, Iurie Darie, Remus Mărgineanu, Ernest Maftei, Toma Dimitriu, Petrică Gheorghiu, Adrian Stefanescu, Ion Besoiu, Constantin Dinulescu

THE PUNISHMENT (1977) – drama film online

In 1919 at the end of WW1 Romanian peasant Manolache Preda returns to his native village where he finds his woman taken by another and his land sold to the local landowner.

Directed by: Sergiu Nicolaescu
Cast: Amza Pellea, Ioana Pavelescu, Sergiu Nicolaescu, Ernest Maftei, Gheorghe Dinica, Emmerich Schäffer, Mihai Mereuta, Aimee Iacobescu
Script by: Anuşavan Salamanian, Sergiu Nicolaescu

A POLICE INSPECTOR CALLS (1974) – action film online

Inspired by the bloody events of 1940, when the “Green Shirts” attempted to seize power, Petru Moldovan, an incorruptible commissioner, will investigate with cold-blooded determination and regardless of consequences, the crimes of the Legionnaire gang.

Directed by: Geo Saizescu
Script: Sergiu Nicolaescu, Vintilă Corbul, Eugen Burada, Mircea Gândilă
Cast: Amza Pellea, Gheorghe Dinică, Ion Besoiu, Sergiu Nicolaescu, Jean Constantin, Emmerich Schäffer, Ștefan Mihailescu-Braila, Alexandru Dobrescu, Marin Moraru, Vasile Nitulescu, Jean Lorin Florescu

THE SECRET OF BACCHUS (1984) – comedy film online

A reporter discovers a highly organized network for the production and distribution of wine. It’s a satire of the communist regime.

Directed by: Geo Saizescu
Script: Titus Popovici
Cast: Emil Hossu, Ștefan Mihăilescu-Brăila, Dem Rădulescu, Gheorghe Dinică, Sebastian Papaiani, Jean Constantin, Rodica Mureșan, Corneliu Gîrbea, Dumitru Rucăreanu, Enikõ Szilágyi, Carmen Zecheru, Horațiu Mălăele, Cristian Ștefănescu, Octavian Cotescu, Ileana Stana Ionescu

UNCLE MARIN, THE BILLIONAIRE (1979) – comedy film online

A Romanian peasant, visiting a friend who is working at a hotel on the Black Sea Riviera, is mistaken for a look-alike rich American businessman.

Directed by: Sergiu Nicolaescu
Script: Vintilă Corbul, Eugen Burada, Amza Pellea
Cast: Amza Pellea, Draga Olteanu Matei, Jean Constantin, Ștefan Mihăilescu-Brăila, Sebastian Papaiani, Puiu Călinescu, Stela Popescu, Ștefan Bănică, Vasilică Tastaman, Hamdi Cerchez, Adina Popescu, Ștefan Thuri, Brândușa Manu, Corneliu Gîrbea, Mircea Albulescu, Colea Răutu, Gil Dobrică, Alexandru Dobrescu, Mihai Mălaimare

VLAD ȚEPEȘ (1979) – historical film online

Vlad, the ruler of Wallachia, fights against the Ottoman Empire on the battlefield, as well as against the Hungarian nobles.

Directed by: Doru Năstase
Script: Mircea Mohor
Cast: Ștefan Sileanu, Ernest Maftei, Emanoil Petruț, Teofil Vâlcu, Alexandru Repan, Constantin Codrescu, George Constantin, Constantin Barbulescu, Ion Marinescu, Silviu Stanculescu, Vasile Cosma

MERCENARIES TRAP (1981) – feature film online

In 1918 a defeated Austro-Hungarian Baron Colonel Von Görtz returns home to Transylvania which has just been lost to Romania. A vengeful Von Görtz punishes the nearby villagers but Romanian Major Tudor Andrei aids them.

Directed by: Sergiu Nicolăescu
Cast: Gheorghe Cozorici, Sergiu Nicolaescu, Mircea Albulescu, Ion Besoiu, Amza Pellea, Violeta Andrei, George Mihăiță, Colea Răutu, Ileana Popovici
Script: Sergiu Nicolăescu, Liviu Gheorghiu

THE SECRET OF THE SECRET WEAPON (1988) – comedy film online

The Dragon, the Most Dragonish (Mircea Diaconu), and the Emperor (Victor Rebengiuc) battle for control over the world using various schemes and cunning tactics.

Directed by: Alexandru Tatos
Script: Alexandru Tatos
Cast: Adrian Păduraru, Dem Rădulescu, Mircea Diaconu, Carmen Galin, Aristide Teica, Mitică Popescu, Manuela Hărăbor, Horaţiu Mălăele, Emilia Dobrin, Victor Rebengiuc, Coca Bloos

THE MISCELLANEOUS BRIGADE STRIKES AGAIN (1970) – comedy film online

wo cases of theft, seemingly trivial, lead Captain Panait (Toma Caragiu), Sergeant Căpșună (Sebastian Papaiani), Sergeant Major Cristoloveanu (Dumitru Furdui), and the dog Costel on the trail of a real gang network.

Directed by: Mircea Drăgan
Script: Mircea Drăgan, Nicolae Tic
Cast: Toma Caragiu, Dem Rădulescu, Puiu Călinescu, Jean Constantin, Sebastian Papaiani, Ioana Drăgan, Dumitru Furdui, Iurie Darie, Cella Dima, Boris Ciornei, Constantin Rauțchi, George Mihăiță

THE IMMORTALS (1974) – historical film online

Sergiu Nicolaescu’s adaptation of Titus Popovici’s screenplay “After the Storm” presents the story of 13 knights of honor who, after the tragic disappearance of Mihai Viteazul, were forced to leave the country and wander far away until, as many as will have reached, they return home.

Directed by: Sergiu Nicolăescu
Script: Sergiu Nicolăescu, Titus Popovici (original script)
Cast: Sergiu Nicolăescu, Gheorghe Dinică, Jean Constantin, Amza Pellea, Costel Băloiu, Ilarion Ciobanu, Geo Costiniu, Ion Besoiu, Colea Răutu, Gina Patrichi, Zephi Alsec, Alexandru Dobrescu, Vasile Popa, Paul Fister, Mircea Pașcu

I DON’T WANT TO GET MARRIED (1961) – feature film online

A group of young people from a textile factory have an artistic ensemble and want to put on a show. They will be the protagonists of several amusing mishaps until they establish their repertoire.

Directed by: Manole Marcus
Script: Simion Macovei
Cast: Ilarion Ciobanu, Alexandru Dobrescu, Sergiu Nicolăescu, Gheorghe Dinică, George Constantin, Ștefan Mihăilescu-Brăila, Sebastian Papaiani, Aimee Iacobescu

WITH CLEAN HANDS (1972) – feature film online

An incursion into an epoch deeply troubled, ravaged by war and suffering, yet against the backdrop of which had emerged the heralding lights of other times.

Directed by: Sergiu Nicolăescu
Cast: Ilarion Ciobanu, Alexandru Dobrescu, Sergiu Nicolăescu, Gheorghe Dinică, George Constantin, Ștefan Mihăilescu-Brăila, Sebastian Papaiani, Aimee Iacobescu
Script: Titus Popovici, Petre Sălcudeanu

THE TRIP (2022) – short film online

A married man has an affair with a much younger colleague. The two decide to celebrate her anniversary on a secluded island in the Danube Delta. From the moment they arrive, everything goes from bad to worse, without any logical explanation.

Directed by: Rusescu Laurențiu Gabriel
Cast: Meda Andreea Victor, Dorian Boguță, Valentin Popescu, Andrei Coman, Zane Jarcu
Script: Rusescu Laurențiu Gabriel
Producer: Viorel Sergovici, Mihai Orășanu

CONFESSIONS OF LOVE (1985) – feature film online

A love story between two high school students from different social backgrounds, Ioana and Alexandru, who stay together facing all prejudices and obstacles.

Directed by: Nicolae Corjos
Script: George Sovu, Nicolae Sovu
Cast: Adrian Păduraru, Carmen Enea, Teodora Mareș, Ion Caramitru, Tamara Buciuceanu-Botez, Adela Mărculescu, Constantin Diplan, Florin Chiriac, Dorel Vișan, Mioara Ifrim, Lucian Nuță, Miruna Birau, Cristina Deleanu, Andrei Duban

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Grand Hotel Italia

A simple room in a hotel in Padova, Italy, hosts unexpected meetings and collisions between people on the move.

Rodi Cotenescu is a Romanian film director known for The Camel in the Picture (2009), Nightmare Before Lunch (2008) and Magistrala 4 (2007). Grand Hotel Italia (2011) was screened at the Transylvania International Film Festival in 2012, awarded the Romanian Cultural Prize at Filmul de Piatra in 2011, and received the Critics Award at CineMAiubit ISFF in the same year.