Florin Piersic

Acting

Florin Piersic

Born 1936-01-27 · Cluj, Cluj, Romania

Florin Piersic (born 27 January 1936) is a well-known Romanian actor and TV personality. He is particularly famous for his leading roles in The White Moor and the Margelatu series films. He has a reputation, often parodied in popular culture, as a raconteur.

Acting credits

Strange Agent poster
6.7

This is a thriller based on a theatre play by Horia Lovinescu - „Omul care şi-a pierdut omenia” (The Man Who Lost His Humanity) with elements of adventure, suspense and confrontations between good and evil.

Strange Agent

1974

The Bet poster
6.5

Based on a 19th century tale, this self-referential fantasy, complete with musical and animated interludes plus a cast of fairytale characters, tells the story of a bet between an old man and a fairy over a bag with two gold coins.

The Bet

1985

Liberation - Part 1 : The Fire Bulge poster
7.4

The "Fiery Arc" tells of a grandiose battle on the Kursk Bulge in the summer of 1943. Here was the largest tank battle in the history of World War II. Along with the personal fate of the heroes, the film shows battle scenes, the activities of headquarters and intelligence, those who worked at the front and in the rear.

Liberation - Part 1 : The Fire Bulge

1970

Liberation - Part 2 : Breakthrough poster
7.0

Fascist Italy's prime-minister Mussolini is arrested following the Allies landing in Sicily. Meanwhile, Soviet troops plan their offense towards Kyiv. Lt. Col. Lukin's regiment crosses the Dnieper river as the division's vanguard. Unbeknownst to them, they're merely a ploy to mislead the Germans so the rest of the army can catch them off guard.

Liberation - Part 2 : Breakthrough

1970

The Fight for Rome poster
5.9

A Roman noble, Cethegus, tries to start a war, setting the Ostrogoths and their Queen, Amalasuntha, against the Byzantine Emperor Justinian; Cethegus wants to swoop in after they have destroyed each other and create a new Roman Empire from their combined kingdoms; however, he does not factor into his plans the vagaries of love and the personal integrity of the people in both kingdoms.

The Fight for Rome

1968

The Silver Mask poster
7.1

Agatha Slatineanu, together with the alleged banker Troianoff, rob the boyar Valcu of a treasure collected in order to buy the throne. However, the gold is recovered by Margelatu for the benefit of the "Brotherhood".

The Silver Mask

1985

Seven Guys and a Gal poster
5.9

Italy during the Napoleonic wars: A French General and his Adjutant are separated from their unit get beyond the enemy lines. There they meet Carlotta the resolute daughter of an Italian Count, who cannot withstand the charm of the French.

Seven Guys and a Gal

1967

Oil poster
5.7

When a huge fire erupts at an oil field in the wilds of the Sahara Desert, an American who specializes in fighting oil-field fires and his team are called in to put it out. As the fire rages out of control, the expert finds that he not only has to battle the fire but greed and political corruption as well.

Oil

1977

A Tense August poster
NR

The events of august 1944 when King Michael I of Romania overthrew the fascist regime

A Tense August

1974

The Week of the Madmen poster
7.6

The last part of the triptych dedicated to the outlaw Șaptecai and episode 6 of the Outlaws series. In the Week of Fools, Anghel's band exchanges Lady Ralu's dowry for arms for Tudor of Vladimiri's army, which they decide to join. Although captured by Mamoulos and savagely tortured by his men, Șaptecai escapes from the dungeon and goes on his way. With the help of Anița, the Răspopitul, Parpanghel and other fellow outlaws, Anghel finally sees his dream come true.

The Week of the Madmen

1971

Reunited poster
6.3

A happily married teacher finds out that a child of hers she believed dead for 10 tears is alive. On the trail of her first lover, she reconnects with her lost daughter.

Reunited

1977

The Fight for Rome II - The Betrayal poster
7.0

The devious general Cethegus plays the Byzantine and Gothic forces against each other for his own gain.

The Fight for Rome II - The Betrayal

1969

Eminescu versus Eminem poster
7.0

Three directing students brainstorm ideas for a feature film.

Eminescu versus Eminem

2005

Tufă de Veneția poster
7.3

A lunatic conductor-director brings to light a kaleidoscope of characters from a kind of insect. Comedy in "zig-zag" from smile to laugh, inspired by a book by humorist Valentin Silvestru.

Tufă de Veneția

1977

Michael the Brave poster
7.3

An epic fresco depicting the reign (1593-1601) of Mihai Pătrașcu (better known as "Mihai Viteazul" / "Michael the Brave"), the famous prince who united the three provinces: Transalpine Vallachia, Transylvania and Moldavia, into the country of Romania, at the end of the 16th century (1599-1601) against the opposition of the Ottoman and Austrian Empires, this movie features large scale battle scenes mixed with political intrigues, murderous treachery, and family drama.

Michael the Brave

1971

The Soimaresti Clan poster
8.0

Vying for Principality of Moldavia's throne the descendants of Prince Stephen the Great start a bloody civil war in 1612.

The Soimaresti Clan

1965

The Martens Brothers poster
7.6

Historical movie based on the "The Martens Brothers" (Romanian: Frații Jderi) novel. Ionut is the youngest son of Commissar Jder, a trusted man of Stephen the Great. He falls in love with Nasta, the daughter of a boyar, and competes for her affections with Alexăndrel, the ruler's own son. His longing for Nasta gives impetus to Ionuț, who, together with his brothers, puts his life at the service of Moldavia.

The Martens Brothers

1974

The Column poster
7.6

The end of Trajan's Dacian Wars (106 AD), when south western Dacia was transformed into a Roman province: Roman Dacia.

The Column

1968

The Bone Srewn Road poster
7.0

Margelatu, the feared criminal helps the Romanian resistance to fight the dictatorial authorities.

The Bone Srewn Road

1980

The Danube poster
6.3

As the ship Donau makes its final journey from Vienna to the Black Sea, a young man sworn to fulfill a dying woman's wish lures a reluctant captain into a new adventure.

The Danube

2003

The Thistles of the Bărăgan poster
6.7

The title translates as Fools of Bărăgan, in reference to a band of beleaguered feudal Rumanian peasants. But these are no fools: instead, they are fearless freedom fighters, organizing a brave (though foredoomed) revolt against the tyranny of the landowners. The parallels drawn between the people of Bărăgan and Russia's revolutionary leaders are all but impossible to miss. It would have been nice, however, if the story had not been told in such a heavy-handed, spell-it-all-out fashion.

The Thistles of the Bărăgan

1959

Stephen the Great: Vaslui 1475 poster
7.5

In 1475 when Stephen the Great, ruler of Moldavia is facing an invading Ottoman army of 120 000 men, the fate of Christian Europe largely depends on the battle's outcome.

Stephen the Great: Vaslui 1475

1975

The Dowry of Lady Ralu poster
7.4

Part two of the triptych dedicated to the outlaw Șaptecai and episode 5 of the Outlaws series. After a spectacular escape plotted by Anița, Răspopitul and Parpanghel, Captain Anghel sets off once again on the money trail. Kidnapping Caliopi, Șaptecai demands the jewels her husband Ianis bought in Vienna in exchange for her release. After a series of spectacular events, Anghel succeeds in stealing Lady Ralu's precious dowry.

The Dowry of Lady Ralu

1972

I, You, and Ovidiu poster
5.7

A witty and cheerful musical comedy made under the Communist regime. The Black Sea coast and the city of Constanta, in the height of the summer season, as well as the pearls of Romanian tourism, the resorts of Mangalia, Saturn, Venus, Jupiter, Neptune and Olimp, offer a more than generous setting for a comedy with songs and dances, with beautiful boys and girls, with important ladies and gentlemen, with adventurers, for one day or for several days, with tangled suitcases, functions and destinies, in a turbulent humoristic atmosphere.

I, You, and Ovidiu

1978