Dinu Manolache

Acting

Dinu Manolache

Born — Died

1955-05-13 — 1998-09-03

Place of birth

Rogova, Mehedinți, Romania

Known for

Acting

Credits

16 titles

Known for

Film credits

1990s · 4 titles

1980s · 11 titles

Fata Morgana poster
7.5

Virgil, 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

Căruța cu mere poster
5.8

Romania in the year 1947: two years after the end of the second World War, the King (Mihai of Hohenzollern and Romania) has to leave the country, the communism is knocking at the door, and in these uncertain times, two young people are fighting to get their dream become real artists.

Căruța cu mere

1983

Ana and the Thief poster
6.8

A young man is freed from prison. The communists are reforming him.

Ana and the Thief

1981

Drawings on Asphalt poster
7.7

One of the last movies made during the communist era in Romania. The plot : a drawing contest for kids in Bucharest. More important : this is a movie about childhood, creativity. Strange topics for a country that was about to fall apart. 50 minutes - by Elisabeta Bostan, who made great movies for kids in the 60's and 70's (such as Veronica).

Drawings on Asphalt

1989

Sword Swallower poster
6.2

The movie describes the life of a former circus artist who earns his living from the presentation in villages and towns of a sensational number entitled "Sword Swallower".

Sword Swallower

1982

Love above all poster
6.5

A young girl, who keeps trying unsuccessfully to get into college, wins a large sum at the Lottery. She goes to Bucharest, to find herself.

Love above all

1982

Miss Aurica poster
6.8

This 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

Năpasta poster
7.0

This is a film about love, crime of passion, revenge, happening in the Romanian countryside, late XIX century.

Năpasta

1982

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

No artwork available
6.0

A well to do woman in the country wants a husband and an apartment in the city. But thibg do not turn as planned.

Stay with You

1982