
Acting
Valentin Uritescu
Born 1941-06-04 · Vinerea, Alba, România
Acting credits
8.0It is the story of Danila Prepeleac, a silly, clumsy man that does things backwards. Once he took off for the market wanting to sell a pair of nice healthy bulls. On the way to the market he exchanged the bulls for an empty wallet. But this is only the start of Danila's adventures.
Dănilă Prepeleac
1996
6.7A description of Romania before Ceausescu's downfall, through the story of Nela. Daughter of a former colonel of the Securitate, the romanian political police. She refused to become like her sister, an agent of this Securitate, and lives with her father. After he died, she leaves Bucharest, and ends up in a little town, where she meets Mitica, a surgeon, another herself, laughing at everything.
The Oak
1992
Poland is invaded by Nazi Germany and entrusts the national treasure to Romania. In September 1939, the Romanian government thus took an enormous risk.
Marea sfidare
1990
7.6The film tells about the period when Romania joined the Allies against the Axis in WW2.
The Last Assault
1985
7.3An epic love story set during the troubled moments of Romanian history that culminate in the Great Union of Alba Iulia.
The Moment of Truth
1989
6.8This movie is about the loneliness of an older lady at the end of WWII, in Bucharest. Her mental faculties are declining and she is increasingly living in her own mind.
Miss Aurica
1985
7.0The life-story confession of a prisoner waiting for his trial. Victor Petrini, a promising intellectual in the 1950s and a lecturer in Philosophy is arrested by the repressive secret police, wrongly accused of espionage, and sentenced to prison and forced labor.
The Earth's Most Beloved Son
1993
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Take, Ianke și Cadâr
2001
7.3A woman in a village tries to break up her son and his girlfriend. He asks for help a local cult leader. He tells her to use some specially prepared wine.
White Darkness
1982
Pavel is a teenager who has been just released from prison, unsuccessful in overcoming his guilt over a car accident which killed both of his parents. His reintegration in society is met with difficulty, the boy only having a few friends who still understand him, a painter and a sailor.
Alone on Watch
1983
6.3An investigation is launched following an accident at a chemical plant. During the investigation, Andrei, a young engineer at the plant, proves his moral qualities.
Grant Extenuating Circumstances?
1984
6.6Hristea, a surgeon, spends his holidays at the seaside. While on the beach his belongings are stolen. The surgeon tells the policeman that the thief is a young man he had seen nearby. Although the accused doesn't admit to the wrongdoing, Hristea insists he should be punished. His obstinance will affect his marriage with his beautiful wife.
Sand Cliffs
1983
5.3Story of a typical Romanian couple in crisis.
The Tower of Pisa
2002
8.0This is the story of a young woman, Dorina, working in a sex shop in Bucharest, after being forced to interrupt her studies to care for her parents. Because of her job, everyone considers her to be something other than what she is - a fragile and unhappy woman, forced to live a life she does not deserve and for which she is not ready. And soon, things get out of control. The story of Dorina may be the story of all of us who are leading a life, inside which we feel prisoners and which we do not deserve.
My Sexual Life
2010
6.8A farm team-leader, Tudor, is accused for having failed the harvesting. Unhappy with what he considers an unfair verdict, he leaves the farm and moves to another village, getting a job as an ordinary worker in another farm. At first, he is upset by the very severe leader of that team, Mihai, but soon he discovers that his hard style is necessary to keep the work in good order and face all the problems. He also finds a bunch of great friends (the "Swell Guys" / "...baieti grozavi" in the title) and learns in what had consisted his own past mistakes. —Mihnea Columbeanu
Swell Guys
1987
7.5After the death of his wife a lonely forester meets a witch, who puts a spell on him.
Bear's Eye
1983
5.1An uncompromising journalist obsessed with the idea of absolute justice ends up committing suicide after reading his father's biography. Based on three novels by Camil Petrescu.
Those Who Pay with Their Lives
1989
5.6Romania had it rough under its last communist dictator, Nicolae Ceausescu, and things are even rougher now. Before, their problems were oppression and poverty. Now, their problem is mostly poverty - and plenty of it. In this grim comedy (to call it a black comedy would be to paint too perky a picture of it), Vasile (Gheorghe Dinica)has a wife whom he's fond of, and a mistress, whom he's fonder of. He manages a nearly abandoned movie theater, and makes just about nothing doing it. When his wife announces she's pregnant, he nearly goes frantic trying to find money to get her an abortion. However, what truly sends him over the edge is when his mistress decides to become a prostitute because, after all, the money is good. These two situations send him straight to the loony bin, and when he gets out, he discovers that his wife has rented their apartment to pornographic filmmakers, and guess who's starring in them?
The Conjugal Bed
1993
6.3One woman taxi driver in Bucharest is hoping for a conventional relationship.
Angela Goes On
1982
5.6Mișu and Mitică are two best friends. Everything changes when Cornelia shows up.
Fourth Fence, by the Wharf
1988
A typesetter is in search of an anonymous hero that saved two children.
An Item of News
1986
7.1Jacob (Dorel Visan) is a gold miner who risks his life daily to support his wife, mother-in-law, and four children in this socio-political drama. Under the rule of an oppressive monarchy backed by military force, the miners often resort to stealing gold to compensate for their meager wages. Workers are subjected to strip searches and are forced to take laxatives by the often brutal guards and inspectors as they look for stolen gold, and Jacob raises his vocal objections over the treatment of his fellow workers.
Jacob
1988
6.8Deep in the Transylvanian Alps, the Archangels gold mine is the stage for an epic battle of characters. The arrogant owner is struggling with perceptions of ghosts in the mind of the miners. A maverick free-lance miner is helping him to find the source of terrifying noises that frightened his workers.
Flames Over Treasures
1988
7.3Lișcă is a woman who awaits the return of her husband from war, only he is long overdue. Many callers come, yet she holds on to the hope her husband will return.
Lișcă
1984