Ovidiu Iuliu Moldovan

Acting

Ovidiu Iuliu Moldovan

Born — Died

1942-01-01 — 2008-03-12

Place of birth

Vișinelu, Sărmașu, Mureș, Romania

Known for

Acting

Credits

45 titles

Ovidiu Iuliu Moldovan (Romanian: [oˈvidju ˈjulju moldoˈvan]; January 1, 1942 – March 12, 2008) was a Romanian actor known for his work in Romanian film and television roles. However, Moldovan focused almost exclusively on theater and stage roles during the later years of his career. Moldovan was awarded the UNITER prize for his career achievements as a Romanian actor in 2004. Ovidiu Iuliu Moldovan died of cancer at the age of 66 at a hospital in Bucharest, Romania, on March 12, 2008. His last theater role was in the Romanian play, Celălalt Cioran, which means The Other Cioran. Moldovan's final play was named after Romanian philosopher, Emil Cioran. Romanian President Traian Băsescu posthu…

Known for

Film credits

1990s · 3 titles

1980s · 23 titles

The Duel poster
7.5

Officer Moldovan must solve the case of a robbery. Credit Central Bank was robbed fast and hard by a gang of professionals. Moldovan is trying to catch the man behind Rica Pasarin, the gang leader, by using his brother, who is a pickpocket thief.

The Duel

1981

The Carpathian Castle poster
5.8

In late 19th century, a Transylvanian revolutionary fleeing the Imperial authorities goes to Italy where he meets a beautiful soprano who later disappears under mysterious circumstances.

The Carpathian Castle

1981

Circus Performers at the North Pole poster
7.7

In the sequel to Saltimbancii (1981), Fram the polar bear and the performing Marcellonis weather plotting competetors, bumbling kidnappers and family tragedy in this entertaining family film.

Circus Performers at the North Pole

1984

The Nest of Wasps poster
8.1

In 1936, a time when Bucharest was known as the "Paris of the East", the three Duduleanu sisters, from a family of prosperous merchants, rule their clan with an iron fist. Young journalist Mircea Aldea joins the clan by marrying their daughter, but the union is short-lived.

The Nest of Wasps

1987

Horea poster
7.6

In 18th-century Transylvania, peasants rise against oppressive nobles under the leadership of Horea, Cloșca, and Crișan. Hoping for justice, Horea seeks support from Emperor Joseph II, but as tensions grow, the rebellion turns into a harsh struggle for freedom and survival.

Horea

1984

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

The Encounter poster
7.5

This film si about the sabotage of a Nazi fluvial transport on the Danube during WWII.

The Encounter

1982

"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

Poor Ioanide poster
7.0

Ioanide, an apolitical and misunderstood artist who dreams of "things that are normal abroad but impossible here", led a difficult life as an architect under the old regime. After 1944, his situation improved thanks to the benevolence of an enlightened communist nicknamed Botticelli, whom he once hid from the police in the attic of his house. He receives commissions for large-scale cultural monuments, although he has "on file" the ballast of his children lost in the legionary adventure and continues to accept, in his entourage, a circle of sycophants from the former elite.

Poor Ioanide

1980

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

Flori de gheață poster
7.0

A love stoyi between two strangers that meet by chance when they are forced by a snowstorm to take refuge in an isolated house in the mountains.

Flori de gheață

1989

The Story of the Voyages poster
6.1

In this fantasy with dragons and flying machines, 10-year-old Marta is determined to find her brother who was kidnapped at Christmastime by a fake Saint Nick because the little boy is blessed with the ability to locate gold. A kindly, wise philosopher-type by the name of Orlando joins Marta in her search, and together they survive a gigantic sleeping dragon and imprisonment in a tower with no clear means of escape. They overcome that hurdle, but later on, Orlando succumbs to the evils of The Plague (an all-consuming woman!) and Marta continues on her search alone. Eventually, she does find her brother -- but that only introduces problems she had never considered.

The Story of the Voyages

1983

I Want to Know Why I Have Wings poster
6.8

Dan is a kid whose existence is ravaged by family problems. His parents are divorced, and he is hopeful that they will reconcile.

I Want to Know Why I Have Wings

1984

Chained Justice poster
8.0

Inspired by true events, "Dreptate în lanturi" is a rough and poetic film, whose action is placed at the beginning of the last century. The movie sheds light on a Romanian peasant who fights against social injustice.

Chained Justice

1984

The Mysteries of Bucharest poster
6.7

The Principality of Wallachia with the capital Bucharest (today a region of Romania) before the Revolution of the year 1848. A couple of secret societies are working to chase away the Prince Gheorge Bibescu from his throne, arms are transported on secret ways, preparing the first popular revolts in Bucharest, as the first act of the Revolution of 1848, which revolution is the first impulse of the later act of the Union of the Wallachia with Moldova (Romanian United Principalities in 1862, Kingdom of Romania in 1881 and Kingdom of Greater Romania 1918, with Transylvania, Bukovina and Bessarabia).

The Mysteries of Bucharest

1983

Burebista poster
7.4

The life of Dacian war-leader Burebista who ruled between 80-44 B.C.and founded a strong Dacian Kingdom despite considerable pressure from the neighboring Celtic warlords and the Greek cities of the Black Sea coast.

Burebista

1980

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

The Ivory Aigrette poster
8.0

Two pioneer teams fight for the ivory aigrette, the great shooter trophy .

The Ivory Aigrette

1987

Starting Over poster
6.8

Traumatized by the loss of his wife, Vasile, an engineer, joins a new work collective in the provinces, at the ARO factory. Saddened by his loneliness, Cristina overcomes his resistance by becoming close to his little boy.

Starting Over

1987

The Sign of the Serpent poster
7.0

This movie retells the story of a revenge that sweeps over the social and political events of the '40s. Because they sent her son to war and he never came back, his tough mother, Ecaterina Handraburu, decides to have her revenge on those who plotted to leave her heirless and grab her possessions.

The Sign of the Serpent

1981

Secretul lui Nemesis poster
7.4

The administrator of a huge apartment block in Bucharest, a former great Communist Party activist, now in disgrace, eliminated from politics and perched at the head of a tenants' association, through methods he used in his former political positions - blackmail and anonymous letters - a sex obsessed man, ends up terrorizing honest people, people who are looking for justice. Will they find it?

Secretul lui Nemesis

1987

Steaua fără nume poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Steaua fără nume

1983

Dangerous Turn poster
7.5

A medic is hunted by guilt of killing a man in a car accident, a cop who staged an experiment of placing a dummy on the side of the road and a dead man found found on the side of the road.

Dangerous Turn

1983

1970s · 17 titles

This Above All poster
8.8

Docu-drama about the earthquake in Romania, on March 4, 1977. In 1978 it was broadcast only in select cities in Romania for 1 week, being deemed "too harsh" by the government.

This Above All

1978

Magic Circle poster
7.5

Two murders initially appear to be motivated by personal interest. However, at a closer look, they appear to be something completely different.

Magic Circle

1975

Three Days and Three Nights poster
7.2

In 1946, Northern Transylvania, an armed band is annihilated by the local communist organization, which manages to rally the locals on they side.

Three Days and Three Nights

1976

The Man in the Overcoat poster
8.0

Threatening letters, phone calls in the middle of the night... Who is threatening engineer Stamatiad?

The Man in the Overcoat

1979

A Certain Kind of Happiness poster
6.5

A story about a group of friends and their choices, how to pursue their careers and personal life.

A Certain Kind of Happiness

1973

The Prophet, the Gold, and the Transylvanians poster
7.6

Two peasants from Transylvania go to America in order to meet their brother who had left Romania ten years earlier. They meet a prophet in the American state of Utah and eventually help the cause of justice in the villages where the prophet proves to be a dictator and exploiter of the coal miners over there.

The Prophet, the Gold, and the Transylvanians

1978

Totally Unprepared 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.

Totally Unprepared

1977

Beyond the Bridge poster
6.2

Mara, a hard-working widow, brings up her two children in a developing industrial Transylvanian town.

Beyond the Bridge

1975

The Threshold poster
7.8

On New Years Eve, in an isolated mountain chalet, two robbers seek refuge, together with two lost tourists.

The Threshold

1979

The Mace with Three Seals poster
6.9

At the end of the 16th century, Wallachia's ruler Michael the Brave dreams of uniting the kingdoms of Wallachia,Transylvania and Moldavia into a single country known as The United Principalities.

The Mace with Three Seals

1977

The Actor and the Savages poster
7.9

At Bucharest’s famous revue theater “Vox,” director Costică Caratase prepares a bold anti-fascist show despite growing threats from the Iron Guard. As pressure and violence escalate, he and his collaborators face persecution, turning their artistic resistance into an act of courage and sacrifice.

The Actor and the Savages

1975

Last Days of Summer poster
6.3

Engineer Bunea, a site manager, neglects his personal life in favor of his professional duties. But going through a crisis of conscience, he wants to give up the responsibilities of his job and tries to find a more peaceful job.

Last Days of Summer

1976

Grandpa and Two Young Offenders poster
6.4

A police officer is investigating the disappearance of a colleague's young boy. His key seems to be the "dark skinned" friend of the boy about whom nobody cares, including the police.

Grandpa and Two Young Offenders

1976

The Actress, the Dollars and the Transylvanians poster
7.2

The adventures of the three Brad brothers continues when Traian falls in love with Anabelle, a singer. He wants to marry her, not knowing that she is helping someone to rob a bank.

The Actress, the Dollars and the Transylvanians

1978

Evening Guests poster
7.0

Two couriers from a camp show up to communicate with the communists, when there should be only one. Which one is the impersonator sent by Germans?

Evening Guests

1976

The Moment poster
5.4

This movie is about a person that was convicted in the 50s by the stalinist policy of the times, then released and re-educated at the workplace in 65, as the policy changed.

The Moment

1979

Hyperion poster
6.3

Thea, a researcher from an institute for nuclear studies, leaves for a vacation but ends up on an adventure at the boundary between fantasy and reality. On the TV screen the image of a man appears who disappeared 20 years ago after a nuclear explosion. She falls in love with this picture and convinces a colleague and close friend that they can bring back the man who disappeared through a strange reverse process. Her only way to communicate with this picture however is via the TV screen, and her love can only be communicated through dreaming.

Hyperion

1975

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