
Production
Corneliu Leu
Born — Died
1932-07-21 — 2015-06-09
Place of birth
Medgidia, Constanța, Romania
Known for
Production
Credits
17 titles
Known for
8.0At a swanky hotel in a Black Sea resort, Gogu, one of the hotel employees, meets his uncle Marin, an Oltenian peasant who has come to visit. Gogu says he can sneak Marin into the hotel, as one of the rooms is empty awaiting the arrival of an American billionaire, Mr. Juvett. Marin is amazed by the revealing clothing worn by women at the resort, while the hotel guests are fascinated by his quaint peasant costume. In the hotel room, Marin is perplexed by the various gadgets. Meanwhile, the gangsters learn that Juvett has arrived at the hotel. Juvett is the father of the kidnapped girl, and is coming to pass over a million dollar ransom. A rival gang, who know about the kidnapping, plan to take the ransom for themselves. They follow Marin, believing him to be Juvett.
Uncle Marin, the Billionaire
1979
7.5Two murders initially appear to be motivated by personal interest. However, at a closer look, they appear to be something completely different.
Magic Circle
1975
7.5Virgil, the son of a director, fails to get into college and he is drafted in the army. This "forced" growing up is even more painful as he is followed by a "fata morgana", a lost love.
Fata Morgana
1981
5.8In 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
7.5The 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
8.0The rise and fall of the opportunistic Tănase Scatiu, a boyar in 19th century Wallachia.
A Summer Tale
1976
Behind the camera
8.0At a swanky hotel in a Black Sea resort, Gogu, one of the hotel employees, meets his uncle Marin, an Oltenian peasant who has come to visit. Gogu says he can sneak Marin into the hotel, as one of the rooms is empty awaiting the arrival of an American billionaire, Mr. Juvett. Marin is amazed by the revealing clothing worn by women at the resort, while the hotel guests are fascinated by his quaint peasant costume. In the hotel room, Marin is perplexed by the various gadgets. Meanwhile, the gangsters learn that Juvett has arrived at the hotel. Juvett is the father of the kidnapped girl, and is coming to pass over a million dollar ransom. A rival gang, who know about the kidnapping, plan to take the ransom for themselves. They follow Marin, believing him to be Juvett.
Uncle Marin, the Billionaire
1979
7.5Two murders initially appear to be motivated by personal interest. However, at a closer look, they appear to be something completely different.
Magic Circle
1975
7.5Virgil, the son of a director, fails to get into college and he is drafted in the army. This "forced" growing up is even more painful as he is followed by a "fata morgana", a lost love.
Fata Morgana
1981
5.8In 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
7.5The 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
8.0The rise and fall of the opportunistic Tănase Scatiu, a boyar in 19th century Wallachia.
A Summer Tale
1976
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
A communist prefect saves the day, saves the night, saves the building and the people. A communist prefect saves the day, saves the night, saves the building and the people.
The Siege
1971
7.2A concrete expert is torn between his family, who wants to settle in a city, and his work, which requires constant relocating.
The Man We Need
1979
6.6After refusing to compromise at his job, a university professor leaves the city and returns to his native village for the first time in many years.
The Green Grass of Home
1977
Some party representatives want to make a new football team.
I have an Idea
1981
7.9At 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
7.5In a farmers’ cooperative in a village on the plains, the cooperative’s president rules with an iron fist, ably assisted by his sycophantic henchmen. However, there is one couple — an agricultural engineer and his wife — who refuse to compromise and, as a result, must be silenced.
The House Between the Fields
1980
6.8Inspired by the Moisei massacre in 1944 northern Transylvania.
The Last Frontier of Death
1979
7.2In 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
7.4This film is about the changes in the countryside happening in Romania around 1945, when am agrarian reform happens.
The Prodigal Father
1974
5.6Industrial espionage movie, in communist Romania.
The "S" Network
1980
