Ștefan Velniciuc

Acting

Ștefan Velniciuc

Born

1949-01-30 (77)

Place of birth

București, România

Known for

Acting

Credits

36 titles

Known for

Families Like Ours poster
7.1

In a not-too-distant future, Denmark faces total evacuation due to rising water levels. As the nation prepares to leave their homes, high school student Laura must choose between her divorced parents and the boy she's fallen in love with.

Families Like Ours

2024

Second in Command poster
5.5

Armed insurgents attempt a coup d'etat in a troubled Eastern European country, and the president flees to the U.S. embassy for protection. When the U.S. ambassador is murdered by the ruthless and gun-happy rebels, it comes down to the second-in-command of the embassy, Sam Keenan, played by Belgian kickboxer Jean-Claude Van Damme, to use his amazing martial arts technique to defend the besieged.

Second in Command

2006

Shadows poster
8.2

Relu is a family man. He has two children, a wife and a double life. Seen through the eyes of his family, Relu Oncescu appears to be an ordinary taxi driver. No one suspects that Relu works as a collector for Capitanu', a local mobster. Neither of the two worlds (his family and the mafia) knows of the other's existence. Relu manages to keep everything under control, but not for long. After accidentally killing a man, he tries to get out of the underworld, but he can't find his way back. Day by day, the secrets he keeps become increasingly oppressive and the lies begin to surface, one by one.

Shadows

2014

Walking with the Enemy poster
6.3

Regent Horthy is the leader of Hungary and a German ally, but his favorable standing with Hitler changes as the war comes to an end. Forced to cede Hungary’s power or else witness the execution of his son, Regent Horthy gives up control of his country to the Nazis, who quickly move Hungarians to ghettos and death camps, with no hope in sight. But the despair changes when a young man named Elek emerges. Separated from his family during the relocations and aided by the woman he loves , Elek defies the enemy by becoming one of them. In a race against time, disguised as a Nazi Officer he embarks on a mission to save his family and thousands of his countrymen.

Walking with the Enemy

2014

Dark Angel: The Ascent poster
5.6

A bored female demon ventures to the surface world to punish the wicked before they enter her hellish domain.

Dark Angel: The Ascent

1994

Attack of the Gryphon poster
4.2

In a mystical land torn apart by civil war, a warrior princess must team up with a rival warrior prince to hunt down an evil sorcerer who has summoned a giant flying demon which is terrorizing their land.

Attack of the Gryphon

2007

Film credits

2020s · 4 titles

2010s · 3 titles

Walking with the Enemy poster
6.3

Regent Horthy is the leader of Hungary and a German ally, but his favorable standing with Hitler changes as the war comes to an end. Forced to cede Hungary’s power or else witness the execution of his son, Regent Horthy gives up control of his country to the Nazis, who quickly move Hungarians to ghettos and death camps, with no hope in sight. But the despair changes when a young man named Elek emerges. Separated from his family during the relocations and aided by the woman he loves , Elek defies the enemy by becoming one of them. In a race against time, disguised as a Nazi Officer he embarks on a mission to save his family and thousands of his countrymen.

Walking with the Enemy

2014

The Journey poster
4.9

Bari, a city caught in the relentless economic crisis. Ivo is an agronomist, but the lack of opportunities pushes him to accept a job in the fertile region of Banat in Romania. Clara has just ended a relationship and is about to lose her job at the Bari harbor. Ivo and Clara meet by chance and seem to immediately understand each other. They spend only one night together before Ivo's departure, but that is enough to create a bond and wanting to meet again. When Clara visits him in Romania, they fall in love. But is exile their only way to happiness?

The Journey

2015

The Childhood of Icarus poster
5.5

Jonathan Vogel (Guillaume Depardieu) would like to turn back the clock and undo the accident that led to his disability and destroyed his life. When he learns that Stivlas Karr (Carlo Brandt), a well-known professor and geneticist, has developed a gene therapy for regenerating the human body, he makes an appointment with him for some clinical tests. But the therapy doesnt go according to Professor Karrs plan and leads to unexpected results. Jonathan, whose life is now in danger, has become aware that there is only one person who can help him: Alice (Alysson Paradis), the professors daughter.

The Childhood of Icarus

2010

2000s · 6 titles

Second in Command poster
5.5

Armed insurgents attempt a coup d'etat in a troubled Eastern European country, and the president flees to the U.S. embassy for protection. When the U.S. ambassador is murdered by the ruthless and gun-happy rebels, it comes down to the second-in-command of the embassy, Sam Keenan, played by Belgian kickboxer Jean-Claude Van Damme, to use his amazing martial arts technique to defend the besieged.

Second in Command

2006

Attack of the Gryphon poster
4.2

In a mystical land torn apart by civil war, a warrior princess must team up with a rival warrior prince to hunt down an evil sorcerer who has summoned a giant flying demon which is terrorizing their land.

Attack of the Gryphon

2007

Out of Season poster
4.8

When a young drifter is forced to stay the winter in a small seaside town, he inadvertently becomes the catalyst for deceit, double crossings and murder amongst the locals.

Out of Season

2004

Barbarossa poster
5.2

Year 1100. Italy.The Northern lands are ruled by a German emperor: Fredrick aka "Barbarossa. His dream is to conquer also the lands in the Center and in the South so as to revive the Empire that was once of the one Charles Magno.But in the North a young man from Milan has formed an army of 900 young men coming from different cities: the "company of death". This young man's name is Alberto Da Giussano. His dream is to defeat the Emperor and to give back freedom to the Northern lands.

Barbarossa

2009

Carol I poster
8.2

The last days of the first Romanian king, Carol I of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, and the tough decisions he had to make in the summer of 1914 in order to please both Romanian Parliament and his relatives from the German Empire.

Carol I

2009

Method poster
4.8

The line between fantasy and reality blurs when an actress begins behaving like the 19th-century murderer she is playing.

Method

2004

1990s · 7 titles

1980s · 7 titles

Those Who Pay with Their Lives poster
5.1

An 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

François Villon: The Maverick Poet poster
6.0

The film is a novelized biography of François Villon (1431-1463), known as the Wandering Poet, who led a troubled life due to the fact that he supported the free expression of people in a coercive climate.

François Villon: The Maverick Poet

1987

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

Stefan Luchian poster
7.2

Recreating the early twentieth century in Bucharest, leading to an unforgettable journey to the cultural space of Romania bohemia. The film follows the life of one of the famous for his landscapes and still lifes most renowned painters of Romania.

Stefan Luchian

1981

The Woman from the Great Bear poster
7.7

A construction site is set up next to a colony of forest workers. Murgu, a worker on the construction site, and Maria, a girl raised by foresters who took care of the colony's household affairs, fall in love with each other.

The Woman from the Great Bear

1982

Mountains in Flames poster
6.8

1848, Transylvania. Avram Iancu raises a peasant army to defend the rights of the Romanian ethnics, while Nicolae Bălcescu tries a diplomatic approach.

Mountains in Flames

1980

Missing Witnesses poster
6.8

At the end of XIX century, Romania, A boyar tries to send a trunk full of jewels to his daughter abroad. Only that the trunk doesn't make the trip, so the daughter comes in the country to recover it, enlisting the help of some outlaws.

Missing Witnesses

1988

1970s · 7 titles

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

No Trespassing poster
7.2

In August 1944, students at the military school for officers must defend the country's border from the Nazis during the Battle of Păuliș in Romania's northwestern border.

No Trespassing

1975

For Motherland poster
7.9

In 1877 during the Russo-Turkish war the Kingdom of Romania joins the war on Russia's side and declares its independence from the Ottoman Empire.

For Motherland

1977

Captain's Ion Arrow poster
8.0

In 1462 the Ottoman Turks displeased with Wallachian Prince Vlad the Impaler plot to overthrow and replace him with puppet ruler Prince Radu the Handsome.

Captain's Ion Arrow

1973

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

Ora zero poster
7.2

In New Year's Eve night, an emergency team is called to fix a tram power line. One member is missing though, he is involved in a DUI.

Ora zero

1979

Fever poster
NR

Two brothers meet again one morning in the apartment of the man who left his hometown long ago and became a cosmopolitan urbanite. The perspective of the past left behind confronts that of the new man, integrated into the life of the big city.

Fever

1970

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