Francisc Munteanu

Directing

Francisc Munteanu

Born — Died

1924-04-08 — 1993-04-13

Place of birth

Vețel, Hunedoara, Romania

Known for

Directing

Credits

40 titles

Francisc Munteanu (b.April 9, 1924, Vetel , Hunedoara , Romania – d.April 13, 1993, Bucharest , Romania ) was a Romanian film writer, director and screenwriter.

Known for

Four Steps Away From Infinity poster
7.6

A young officer of the Romanian Army performs a sabotage mission against the Nazi regime. Seriously wounded, the officer can not reach the fixed place and finds shelter in a surgeon's home.

Four Steps Away From Infinity

1964

Treasure Island poster
NR

'Two Years' Vacation', Jules Verne's novel, adapted into a mini-series, was re-edited for the big screen in two films: Piratii din Pacific and Insula Comorilor. This is the second part where the boys find themselves stranded on the island.

Treasure Island

1975

Melodii, melodii poster
8.4

A young light music band accepts the offer of a shady impresario whose "arrangements" can't prevent their triumph on the seaside.

Melodii, melodii

1978

The Oil, the Baby and the Transylvanians poster
7.7

The third part of the trilogy focuses on June and Romulus, who are having a baby. The misfortune delays the family's plans to move back to Transylvania. Things get even more complicated when Traian, one of the Brad brothers set out in search of water on his land, discovers crude oil.

The Oil, the Baby and the Transylvanians

1981

Your Part of the Blame poster
7.2

This movie follows the story of a young man - Mihai Brad, who works for a industrial plant. He reaches a turning point in his life when his bosses discuss his admittance in the Young Worker Union, a communist organization, which can help propel his career forward. Mihai calls to remembrance his early days of his job after leaving his village with dreams of having his own house and a decent life. He first starts low as a unqualified worker and each month he saves all his money. The UTM organization tries to convince him to improve his skills become a qualified worker but he refuses saying that he soon wants to go back to his village and be a shepherd.

Your Part of the Blame

1963

The White Room poster
8.0

A simple story about a man who, in saving another man - whom he does not know - suffers all the consequences of an accident and the implications that medicine catalogs in the name of science.

The White Room

1965

Behind the camera

Four Steps Away From Infinity poster
7.6

A young officer of the Romanian Army performs a sabotage mission against the Nazi regime. Seriously wounded, the officer can not reach the fixed place and finds shelter in a surgeon's home.

Four Steps Away From Infinity

1964

Treasure Island poster
NR

'Two Years' Vacation', Jules Verne's novel, adapted into a mini-series, was re-edited for the big screen in two films: Piratii din Pacific and Insula Comorilor. This is the second part where the boys find themselves stranded on the island.

Treasure Island

1975

Melodii, melodii poster
8.4

A young light music band accepts the offer of a shady impresario whose "arrangements" can't prevent their triumph on the seaside.

Melodii, melodii

1978

The Oil, the Baby and the Transylvanians poster
7.7

The third part of the trilogy focuses on June and Romulus, who are having a baby. The misfortune delays the family's plans to move back to Transylvania. Things get even more complicated when Traian, one of the Brad brothers set out in search of water on his land, discovers crude oil.

The Oil, the Baby and the Transylvanians

1981

Your Part of the Blame poster
7.2

This movie follows the story of a young man - Mihai Brad, who works for a industrial plant. He reaches a turning point in his life when his bosses discuss his admittance in the Young Worker Union, a communist organization, which can help propel his career forward. Mihai calls to remembrance his early days of his job after leaving his village with dreams of having his own house and a decent life. He first starts low as a unqualified worker and each month he saves all his money. The UTM organization tries to convince him to improve his skills become a qualified worker but he refuses saying that he soon wants to go back to his village and be a shepherd.

Your Part of the Blame

1963

The White Room poster
8.0

A simple story about a man who, in saving another man - whom he does not know - suffers all the consequences of an accident and the implications that medicine catalogs in the name of science.

The White Room

1965

The Tunnel poster
5.0

Romania, 1944. Six intelligence agents, Russians and Romanians, at the cost of their own lives, prevented the Nazis from destroying a strategically important object — a tunnel on the path of the Soviet Army.

The Tunnel

1966

The Tunnel poster
5.0

Romania, 1944. Six intelligence agents, Russians and Romanians, at the cost of their own lives, prevented the Nazis from destroying a strategically important object — a tunnel on the path of the Soviet Army.

The Tunnel

1966

The Escape poster
7.2

Two Romanian soldiers manage to escape from a camp in Tatra mountains, Czechoslovakia.

The Escape

1975

Bucharest Identity Card poster
7.7

A provincial young girl, a farming engineer, does not want to return to the countryside on graduating, but stay in the capital. But she needs a Bucharest identity card to do this. Her solution is to "buy" a husband...

Bucharest Identity Card

1982

The Storm poster
6.2

The Nazi troops are retreating from Romania. On a wester town, they have to be held back until some strategic trains can leave the train station.

The Storm

1960

Repeated Wedding poster
8.2

Sequel to the comedy *Bucharest Identity Card*: After a turbulent marriage and divorce, Silvia and Radu part ways, only to be reunited in Bolintin—she as an agricultural engineer, he as a veterinarian—where they rediscover their bond.

Repeated Wedding

1985

Hot Days poster
5.3

In summer 1975 at the Constanța Shipyard, director Mihai Coman pushes to cast a massive ship propeller in-house, facing technical failures, internal resistance, and political hesitation. As the casting repeatedly breaks and deadlines loom, he must overcome engineering hurdles and personal sacrifices to see the vessel launched with the home-forged propeller.

Hot Days

1976

No artwork available
6.5

The director of a hydropower plant has to deal with conflicts between his subordinates, pressure from the majors and complications in his own personal life.

Un petic de cer

1984

No artwork available
6.5

The director of a hydropower plant has to deal with conflicts between his subordinates, pressure from the majors and complications in his own personal life.

Un petic de cer

1984

No artwork available
7.3

A copilot takes control of the aircraft due to the fact that the captain has taken some risky decisions. This will degenerate into an ugly conflict.

Zbor periculos

1984

Mingea poster
8.3

With his nose pressed against the glass, four-year-old Ionel watches the kids playing ball in the street with great interest. His father, a schoolteacher, has lost his job. Now he goes to various institutions in vain, because in bourgeois Romania it is not easy to find a job. Ionel waits for his father every night and while waiting for him he dreams of getting a real yellow ball for his birthday. His father realizes that it is necessary to get the money and buy the ball. After all, the boy is crippled, and the ball is the only hope for him to get well...

Mingea

1958

Love Begins on Friday poster
6.2

A high school graduate, disappointed by the failure to be accepted in college, finds balance amongst the coworkers at her new job in a factory.

Love Begins on Friday

1972

Pistruiatul 2: Ascunzișuri poster
NR

In a small provincial town, members of the Illegalist Movement are feverishly preparing for Liberation Day. The Fre Freckle, a cute 14-year-old boy, becomes the hero of these events, which are being led from the shadows by his friend and comrade Andrei. With the help of his history teacher, his father and, more often than not, his dog Calu, the boy faces any challenge with ease and courage.

Pistruiatul 2: Ascunzișuri

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Pistruiatul 2: Ascunzișuri poster
NR

In a small provincial town, members of the Illegalist Movement are feverishly preparing for Liberation Day. The Fre Freckle, a cute 14-year-old boy, becomes the hero of these events, which are being led from the shadows by his friend and comrade Andrei. With the help of his history teacher, his father and, more often than not, his dog Calu, the boy faces any challenge with ease and courage.

Pistruiatul 2: Ascunzișuri

—

The Pirates of the Pacific poster
NR

'Two Years' Vacation', Jules Verne's novel, adapted into a mini-series, was re-edited for the big screen in two films: Piratii din Pacific and Insula Comorilor. This is the first part where the group of boys find themselves adrift at sea.

The Pirates of the Pacific

1975

Cerul n-are gratii poster
10.0

Based on the novel "The Artist" by Francisca Munteanu. Romania in the 30s. A young talented artist Mihai Strihan, a student at the Academy of Painting, sees how fascism is poisoning the social life of the country. But Mihai does not want to get involved in politics and decides to engage only in painting. However, under the influence of friends fighting for the freedom of their homeland, Mihai realizes that he was wrong and becomes involved in a fierce political struggle against fascism.

Cerul n-are gratii

1963

Cerul n-are gratii poster
10.0

Based on the novel "The Artist" by Francisca Munteanu. Romania in the 30s. A young talented artist Mihai Strihan, a student at the Academy of Painting, sees how fascism is poisoning the social life of the country. But Mihai does not want to get involved in politics and decides to engage only in painting. However, under the influence of friends fighting for the freedom of their homeland, Mihai realizes that he was wrong and becomes involved in a fierce political struggle against fascism.

Cerul n-are gratii

1963

Soldiers without Uniform poster
7.5

An engine driver is taken prisoner in 1944 and ends up in a camp behind enemy lines. He escapes together with a soviet prisoner and a professor and make their way back to Romania.

Soldiers without Uniform

1961

Soldiers without Uniform poster
7.5

An engine driver is taken prisoner in 1944 and ends up in a camp behind enemy lines. He escapes together with a soviet prisoner and a professor and make their way back to Romania.

Soldiers without Uniform

1961

Ana and the Thief poster
6.8

A young man is freed from prison. The communists are reforming him.

Ana and the Thief

1981

At the Age of Love poster
7.8

Mihai is expelled from college and sentenced to prison for a DUI accident. After his term in prison, he is hired at a construction site to be "re-educated"

At the Age of Love

1963

At the Age of Love poster
7.8

Mihai is expelled from college and sentenced to prison for a DUI accident. After his term in prison, he is hired at a construction site to be "re-educated"

At the Age of Love

1963

Saint Teresa and the Devils poster
7.5

September, 1944. A group of soldiers and resistance fighters set to blow up a viaduct of strategic value.

Saint Teresa and the Devils

1972

Saint Teresa and the Devils poster
7.5

September, 1944. A group of soldiers and resistance fighters set to blow up a viaduct of strategic value.

Saint Teresa and the Devils

1972

The Songs of the Sea poster
5.9

"One pure peaceful sky, one bright southern sun, one warm Black sea and deep true friendship of burning hearts connect the Soviet and Romanian youth..." A musical ensemble of Romanian students dreams of being selected for a competition in Sochi, Russia. They hear rumors that a Russian ship with a festival talent scout will be arriving in the port of Constanta. The band sets up for a performance at the harbor, in hopes of attracting the scout’s attention immediately upon arrival. A case of mistaken identity leads to a series of complications involving a suitcase, two small-time gangsters, a blonde tourist, and the band’s drummer. This attempt at a plot conforms of course to the conventions of romantic musical comedies, resulting in a film full of song and dance. With memorable song titles like “Yes, I am an umbrella” and “Let’s play my guitar”, this Romanian-Soviet co-production is as silly as it is irresistible.

The Songs of the Sea

1971

The Songs of the Sea poster
5.9

"One pure peaceful sky, one bright southern sun, one warm Black sea and deep true friendship of burning hearts connect the Soviet and Romanian youth..." A musical ensemble of Romanian students dreams of being selected for a competition in Sochi, Russia. They hear rumors that a Russian ship with a festival talent scout will be arriving in the port of Constanta. The band sets up for a performance at the harbor, in hopes of attracting the scout’s attention immediately upon arrival. A case of mistaken identity leads to a series of complications involving a suitcase, two small-time gangsters, a blonde tourist, and the band’s drummer. This attempt at a plot conforms of course to the conventions of romantic musical comedies, resulting in a film full of song and dance. With memorable song titles like “Yes, I am an umbrella” and “Let’s play my guitar”, this Romanian-Soviet co-production is as silly as it is irresistible.

The Songs of the Sea

1971

Across de Lifting Gate poster
7.8

Vulpașin is desperatley in love with Nastasia, but she is partial to Luca, which works at a factory outside the slum they live in ("accros the lifting gate").

Across de Lifting Gate

1965

Across de Lifting Gate poster
7.8

Vulpașin is desperatley in love with Nastasia, but she is partial to Luca, which works at a factory outside the slum they live in ("accros the lifting gate").

Across de Lifting Gate

1965

"Concordia" Team poster
7.2

A communist pyrotechnist lieutenant plans to blow up a Ploiești refinery that fuels the german army in WWII

"Concordia" Team

1981

"Concordia" Team poster
7.2

A communist pyrotechnist lieutenant plans to blow up a Ploiești refinery that fuels the german army in WWII

"Concordia" Team

1981

The Crown of Fire poster
7.0

In medieval Wallachia a young prince battles his twin brother for their father's throne and for their ancestors' crown of fire.

The Crown of Fire

1990

The Beech Forest poster
7.6

In August 1944 Romania, a group of telephone operators are caught in the events in a new center placed in a forest to evade bombardment.

The Beech Forest

1987

The Redhead poster
7.1

During the summer of 1944, while Romanians turn weapons against Nazis, Mihai, an orphan teenager whose parents died in a bombing, tries to enlist in order to fight in the front line but he discovers that former police commissioner Potra tortured and beaten prisoners, including his father, who was political detained. Mihai will fight to bring Potra in front of the justice.

The Redhead

1976

The Redhead poster
7.1

During the summer of 1944, while Romanians turn weapons against Nazis, Mihai, an orphan teenager whose parents died in a bombing, tries to enlist in order to fight in the front line but he discovers that former police commissioner Potra tortured and beaten prisoners, including his father, who was political detained. Mihai will fight to bring Potra in front of the justice.

The Redhead

1976