George Motoi

Acting

George Motoi

Born — Died

1936-01-22 — 2015-03-04

Place of birth

Arman, Caliacra, Bulgaria

Known for

Acting

Credits

35 titles

Known for

Fleeting Loves poster
6.5

A Romanian architect who married abroad reunites with his birthplace, with those he met, with the women he loved, with the echoes of what happened once, with the great transformations that are taking place in the Capitol, on construction sites and in Romanian villages. Condemned by an incurable disease, but also overwhelmed by these realities and by the irrepressible longing for his homeland, the hero decides to return home for good.

Fleeting Loves

1974

Kingdom in the Clouds poster
6.2

A young man's quest for a kingdom promising eternal youth and immortality. To reach his goal he must fulfill the three wishes of the Emperor's daughter, retrieve three golden objects, answer three riddles set by the Lord of Time, and overcome an evil witch and escape the Kingdom of Lies ruled by an evil Emperor and the young man's nemesis, the Prince of Lies. In return for good deeds along the way, he is given a magical horn and feather to aid him in his quest and is served by a flying horse, All this before he can finally enter the Kingdom of Youth without Old Age and Life without Death and marry the Emperor's daughter.

Kingdom in the Clouds

1968

The Return of King Lapusneanu poster
6.9

Alexandru Lapusneanu is one of important Moldavian rulers. A Macbeth figure, who obtains his throne in fight, who reeves any possible danger out of his way, a good "hospodar", husband and father. His reign is result of relation with the Great Powers of the XVIth century. The strain relation with the boyars (noblemen), the economic and spiritual contribution in the country's development, tensions of his own family, the loss of reign and the revenge, the second reign are elements for define the man and the prince like touching character

The Return of King Lapusneanu

1980

The Evening Party poster
4.4

At a party with diverse guests are dealing with the events os August 23rd, 1944. Guests are serving as metaphors for different parts of society.

The Evening Party

1971

The Take-Off poster
7.5

Valedictorian in a flight class, he has to complete 2 years of utility aviation before going into military. He is unhappy about that and he clashes with the old commandant Bărcan.

The Take-Off

1971

The Great Solitary poster
6.5

Nicolae (George Motoi), the intelectual descendant of Moromete family, former communist apparatchik in the 50s, becomes a horticultor due to a political error, and refuses to have any social life, even if he is unhappy with his inactivity. The death of his partner makes him respond to the overtures of his old comrades. Based on the eponymous novel by Marin Preda.

The Great Solitary

1977

Film credits

1980s · 16 titles

The Return of King Lapusneanu poster
6.9

Alexandru Lapusneanu is one of important Moldavian rulers. A Macbeth figure, who obtains his throne in fight, who reeves any possible danger out of his way, a good "hospodar", husband and father. His reign is result of relation with the Great Powers of the XVIth century. The strain relation with the boyars (noblemen), the economic and spiritual contribution in the country's development, tensions of his own family, the loss of reign and the revenge, the second reign are elements for define the man and the prince like touching character

The Return of King Lapusneanu

1980

The Investigation poster
7.5

The explosion of a 4300 tones Kauper furnace brings up an inquiry, conducted by Ștefan, a Romanian Communist Party activist. He is trying to get to the truth, even if he is pressured just to assign blame.

The Investigation

1980

The Season of Love poster
7.1

The action of the movie take place in a factory and presents the conflicts between one engineer and some young workers.

The Season of Love

1987

No artwork available
6.5

Major Smith, a British intelligence officer, receives an assignment to transport to England a professor of the University of Bucharest, a geologist who has discovered a deposit of uranium ore in Romania. However, the professor suddenly disappears. To find him, the British devise a complex operation. In turn, German intelligence decides to use the results of the British. But there is a third interested party - Romanian patriots. They are relentlessly following the actions of the two intelligence agencies, trying to protect the professor and his discovery. With their help, the Romanian police commissioner manages to arrest the whole gang of spies.

The third deadly jump

1980

All Scores are Settled poster
7.1

Margelatu discovers and annihilates a plot by the Austrians by infiltrating the Fratia organization with a fake envoy of the French revolutionary Alphonse de Lamartine

All Scores are Settled

1987

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

The Silence of the Deep poster
6.8

In the times when communism was illegal, one young worker is sentenced to the capital punishment for crimes against the state.

The Silence of the Deep

1982

No artwork available
6.3

This film is about a functional alcoholic, who works as a lathe operator in a factory and is mentoring a young man.

Man and Shadow

1981

Yellow Rose poster
7.0

The second movie in the "Margelatu" series. Continuing the adventure of the Road of the Eagles, the heroes of the movie led by Margelatu after a series of events and overcoming obstacles, bring in the country the weapons bought from Vienna with the money from the sale of the heirlooms and values left by Tudor Vladimirescu for this purpose. Thus, they contribute to the preparation of the 1848 revolution in the Romanian lands.

Yellow Rose

1982

Furtună în Pacific poster
7.2

Ship "Saturn" prepares to return home from the American west coast. The ship is damaged at a very bad time, when a severe storm comes their way, they loose propulsion. The currents are pulling them towards a rocky island and they must try the impossible to save themselves.

Furtună în Pacific

1985

Miezul fierbinte al painii poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Miezul fierbinte al painii

1983

The Turquoise Necklace poster
7.0

The kidnapping of a Viennese banker and his daughter threatens to trigger a diplomatic scandal, which could result in the entry of Austrian armies into the country. Margelatu thwarts this attempt and clears up the story.

The Turquoise Necklace

1986

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 Computer Testifies poster
7.0

Economic espionage that involves a Romanian exterior commerce company being the victim.

The Computer Testifies

1982

The "S" Network poster
5.6

Industrial espionage movie, in communist Romania.

The "S" Network

1980

Adela poster
6.2

The story of an impossible love: doctor Emil Codrescu is reunited 20 years later with Adela, the one he had only known as a young girl. The two fall in love, but circumstances and hesitation prevent them from getting closer.

Adela

1985

1970s · 14 titles

Fleeting Loves poster
6.5

A Romanian architect who married abroad reunites with his birthplace, with those he met, with the women he loved, with the echoes of what happened once, with the great transformations that are taking place in the Capitol, on construction sites and in Romanian villages. Condemned by an incurable disease, but also overwhelmed by these realities and by the irrepressible longing for his homeland, the hero decides to return home for good.

Fleeting Loves

1974

The Evening Party poster
4.4

At a party with diverse guests are dealing with the events os August 23rd, 1944. Guests are serving as metaphors for different parts of society.

The Evening Party

1971

The Take-Off poster
7.5

Valedictorian in a flight class, he has to complete 2 years of utility aviation before going into military. He is unhappy about that and he clashes with the old commandant Bărcan.

The Take-Off

1971

The Great Solitary poster
6.5

Nicolae (George Motoi), the intelectual descendant of Moromete family, former communist apparatchik in the 50s, becomes a horticultor due to a political error, and refuses to have any social life, even if he is unhappy with his inactivity. The death of his partner makes him respond to the overtures of his old comrades. Based on the eponymous novel by Marin Preda.

The Great Solitary

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

Judgement poster
5.2

The film is a historic parable about the topicality of revolution. 1514. The peasants' uprising is over, Dózsa has been arrested. Werbőczy tries to get the imprisoned peasant leader deny the revolution and offers him the lives of his people in exchange.

Judgement

1970

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 Poseidon Explosion poster
6.5

A group of firefighters discover explosives on an abandoned ship which threatens the local city

The Poseidon Explosion

1973

The Court Adjourns the Sentencing poster
6.8

A judge is tasked to investigate a mining accident.

The Court Adjourns the Sentencing

1976

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 Return of Magellan poster
6.0

A love story between a young communist in illegality and a girl who presents herself as Magellan.

The Return of Magellan

1974

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

Seven Days poster
5.7

This movie presents 7 days of a secret agent's life. Unlike most other movies that glamorize secret agents, this one shows the routine, nitty gritty work.

Seven Days

1973

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

1960s · 2 titles