
Acting
Mihai Volontir
Born 1934-03-09 · Glingeni, Bessarabia, Kingdom of Romania
Glinzheni, Kingdom of Romania [now Moldova]
Acting credits
10.0The romantic vagrant, Moldovian Mihai Adam goes to Spain to be enlisted as volunteer fighter against the Franco regime.
This Is the Moment
1970
5.2Spring of 1942. A train with evacuated children from the Dvinsky orphanage falls under the bombing of the Nazis. After the raid, the children find themselves in the occupied territory in the area of operations of the Belarusian partisan detachment. To find the people's avengers, the Nazis decide to use children.
Deer Hunting
1982
6.5A continuation of a saga about Budulai started in "Gypsy" (1979).
Return of Budulai
1986
6.0A story about old Gypsy man Budulay, his troubled life and the difficult love to Russian woman.
Gypsy
1980
7.5The film's heroine, the director of a large scientific and industrial association, one day comes to the conclusion that her personal life has not worked out…
The Only Man
1981
10.0The war, with its immorality and cruelty, touched the foundations - the "bridges of life" - of a simple Moldovan village...
Bridges
1974
9.0Alyoshin, a Soviet journalist working in Argentina, witnessed the kidnapping of photo correspondent.
Vilkolakio pedsakai
1987
NROn his birthday, Andrei Răzlog, chairman of a large-scale Moldovan kolkhoz association and a former Red Army fighter, recalls his life, the main events of which are intertwined with his village's struggle against local kulakism and post-war devastation.
Men Are Greying Young
1974
6.7About the dramatic fate of provincial actress Larisa Dobrynina. The death of a friend, betrayal of her lover, failures on stage and heart disease caused her premature death.
Unanswered Love
1979
8.0Nurse Yuliya and her husband Radu live happily, and the only thing they miss is children. Out of her kindness, Yuliya settled a new employee, Vera, in the house, who was experiencing a breakup with a loved one. It seemed that nothing could interfere with family happiness, but as luck would have it, Radu was bewitched by the beauty of Vera.
Be Happy, Yuliya!
1983
NROld friends, former front—line soldiers, suddenly quarreled in earnest: Peter Sorbu, the head of the carpet factory construction, quite sincerely believes that the factory should be built first, and the town for workers is the second thing; architect Anton Grecu also sincerely does not understand how people will fulfill the plan if they have nowhere to live, and in the end defends the priority construction of the town.
This Male Friendship
1983
NRThey are rural teachers, people of inquisitive thought and high moral duty. It is not easy for them, because they have no right to make mistakes, the younger generation looks up to them, fellow villagers look up to them.
Alone in the Face of Love
1969
8.0Four short stories tell about the inhabitants of the Moldovan village of Redu Mare. Stefan, a former front-line cowman, returned from the army and found unpleasant changes for himself. His beloved girlfriend got married... Originally from Redu Mare, the hero of the second novel is the power juggler Ion Ciocanu. The third novel tells about a young rural saint. His love for a random girl he met awakened a craving for a "mundane" life. But Valentine is lucky... The film ends with a story about Toolbarel, a cheerful and wise old man. He appears in all the other novels.
Ten Winters in One Summer
1970
5.9Second movie of a dilogy about Russian paratroopers started with "V zone osobogo vnimaniya"
Return Move
1981
6.0Immediately after the war, veteran Vasile Karuntu came to the machine-building plant where Ion worked, who soon became a foreman. They both fell in love with Maria, but she married Vasile. With Maria, he created a family, raised four children, three of whom are adopted orphans. And now, many years after the first rivalry, the management of the plant releases Jonah from the foreman and appoints Vasile instead...
Don't Believe the Cry of a Night Bird
1977
4.9In an unnamed Latin American country after a coup d'état, a military junta comes to power. The army deployed to the streets, the civilian population is exposed to hard terror. A wave of arrests follows, some former senators - liberals and communists - are sent to prison. Some patriots that have gone underground try to figure a plan for their release. They buy a small shop opposite the prison in the name of Francisco and Maria Vardes. From its basement they plan to build a 90-meter tunnel. Three years of enormous effort, deaths and nervous breakdowns are not spent in vain.
That Sweet Word: Liberty!
1972
5.5The novelette was written by I.Huseynov. In the film, the problem of war is viewed from the perspective of love. Almost all of the men of the village are at the battlefront. The women who stayed in the night and day to support their efforts. Children wake up in the middle of the night, crying for bread. All of the villagers feel anxious for the men to return. Mothers are waiting for their sons; wives, for their husbands and children, for their fathers. When Sayali's husband dies at the front, her husband's friend Jabrayil proposes to her. The people of the village are furious. Jabrayil's brothers leave home, convinced that their family has been disgraced. One brother goesw crazy; the other fall ill and dies. The only person who doesn't blame Jabrayil is the "agsaggal" (the wise old man) of the village - Isfandiyar Kishi. In this film, note single sound of weaponry is heard, not are any battle scenes depicted, yet we still witness the inherent tragedy of war.
Sound of the Pipe
1975
5.6Action film about the Soviet paratroopers.
In the Zone of Special Attention
1978
8.0Fascinated by the idea of creating an industrial inter-collective farm garden, scientist Andrei Barbu interrupts his work at the institute and moves to the district...
Root of Life
1978
4.9Russian naval pilots risk death to help stop a American Submarine whose defective reactor threatens a nuclear meltdown.
Incident at Map-Grid 36-80
1982
6.5Musician Stefan meets a young attractive woman Lidia. Stefan is going on tour to Austria, and Lydia, "accidentally" remembering her Viennese acquaintance, asks to give her a souvenir from Moldova. In Vienna, Stefan is met by people who are well aware of his private life and even familiar with his diary. The musician begins to suspect something is wrong, but when his daughter's well-being is threatened, Stefan becomes truly worried...
Agent of the Secret Service
1979
4.5A political conspiracy is brewing in an unnamed Latin American country. Everything is in play: blackmail, bribery, political assassinations, newspaper slander. The operation, code-named "Centaur", is conceived in Washington.
The Centaurs
1979
5.5American journalist gets a sensational material but is afraid to publish it...
The Fourth
1972
6.0Story of Sergio Rodriguez, commissar of an International Battalion in the Spanish Civil War
Faithfulness We Pledge
1989