Acting

Zephi Alșec

Born — Died

1923-02-22 — 1992-07-08

Place of birth

Bucureşti, Romania

Known for

Acting

Credits

37 titles

Known for

Full Sail poster
8.8

Full Sail is a TV series aired on Romanian National Television (TVR), based on the eponymous novel by Radu Tudoran. The series follow the adventures of two friends, the Romanian Anton Lupan and the French Pierre Vaillant. Anton Lupan tries to find the L'Esperance schooner, which belonged to them, wiyhout knowing that it was a victim of a pirate attack. But he hopes in particular to find Pierre, so they can start on a trip to an uncharted land, which they attempted several times to explore unsuccessfully. He found the ship, but his friend was nowhere to be found. Anton was forced to leave on a trip across Atlantic, to Tierra del Fuego.

Full Sail

1977

The Freckled Boy poster
8.2

During the times of the Second World War in Royal Romania, a street smart kid accidentally becomes part of an organization which will eventually decide the future of his country.

The Freckled Boy

1973

In the Dust of the Stars poster
4.7

A radio signal attracts a team of astronauts to a mysterious planet. Once there, they are warmly welcomed by an alien race, but are soon suspicious of what is really occurring on this strange land.

In the Dust of the Stars

1976

Severino poster
6.2

After a ten-year absence, Severino returns to his tribe, the Manzeneros, who live on the edge of the Argentinian Andes. The reason for his visit is to take his younger brother back with him up north. However, in his home village, Severino finds a tense and troubled situation. His father Raymundo has recently been found dead. He was on the tracks of a gang of white bandits who had stolen cattle from both Indians and settlers. A sheep breeding company is behind these criminal machinations. This company seeks to drive the Indians and settlers off the fertile land so that they can purchase it cheaply.

Severino

1978

Merriment Ward poster
6.7

How a worker family living in a worker neighborhood of between wars Bucharest come involved with the communist movement.

Merriment Ward

1964

Black Sea Adventures poster
5.4

A counterespionage office get a mission to go to the Black Sea shore and catch a spy network that got their hands on a secret fuel formula.

Black Sea Adventures

1972

Film credits

1980s · 7 titles

On the Left Bank of the Blue Danube poster
6.6

The search for a list of Nazi spies that had been hidden in the house of a widowed noblewoman.

On the Left Bank of the Blue Danube

1983

No artwork available
6.5

The director of a hydropower plant has to deal with conflicts between his subordinates, pressure from the majors and complications in his own personal life.

Un petic de cer

1984

Ion: The Lust for the Land, the Lust for Love poster
8.5

Jon, a young peasant love more "the land" than his engaged girlhood, Florica.Just when Ion thinks he has become master of his own land, he realizes that he has betrayed his heart, and that he is still in love with Florica, not with his wife. It is the curse of love that will be Ion's undoing. Badly mistreated, Ana, his wife, is driven to despair and she hangs herself. Ion, now free and wealthy, believes that the time has come for him to have Florica. Florica's husband, George waylays Ion and savagely murders him with a hoe.

Ion: The Lust for the Land, the Lust for Love

1980

The Extras poster
8.2

After 1950, when the comunist regime is fully entrenched, some Bourgeois descendants have to make a living being movie extras. Continuation of "On the Left Bank of the Blue Danube"

The Extras

1987

Iancu Jianu, Tax Collector poster
8.0

The movie details the struggle of Iancu Jianu as he's torn between joining the struggle of the poor peasants from which he came from and being on the other side of the law working for the rich.

Iancu Jianu, Tax Collector

1981

Iancu Jianu, Outlaw poster
7.8

The movie is set in 1788-1843, a tumultuous era for Walla Wallachia, when the Phanariot regime was exercising its power over the people. In a world marked by oppression, the young Iancu Jianu becomes a symbol of resistance, fighting against abuses. Together with his friend Mereanu, Jianu plans courageous actions to stand up to the tyranny of the Phanariots and bring justice to the country. His journey brings him into contact with Tudor Vladimirescu, the leader of the 1821 rebellion movement, and the two unite in a fierce struggle for freedom and independence.

Iancu Jianu, Outlaw

1981

No artwork available
6.8

A computer programmer falls in love with an architect, which, after her parents died, is responsible for her 4 younger siblings. He conquers her by first befriending her brothers and sisters.

Duminică în familie

1988

1970s · 23 titles

In the Dust of the Stars poster
4.7

A radio signal attracts a team of astronauts to a mysterious planet. Once there, they are warmly welcomed by an alien race, but are soon suspicious of what is really occurring on this strange land.

In the Dust of the Stars

1976

Severino poster
6.2

After a ten-year absence, Severino returns to his tribe, the Manzeneros, who live on the edge of the Argentinian Andes. The reason for his visit is to take his younger brother back with him up north. However, in his home village, Severino finds a tense and troubled situation. His father Raymundo has recently been found dead. He was on the tracks of a gang of white bandits who had stolen cattle from both Indians and settlers. A sheep breeding company is behind these criminal machinations. This company seeks to drive the Indians and settlers off the fertile land so that they can purchase it cheaply.

Severino

1978

Black Sea Adventures poster
5.4

A counterespionage office get a mission to go to the Black Sea shore and catch a spy network that got their hands on a secret fuel formula.

Black Sea Adventures

1972

Melodii, melodii poster
8.4

A young light music band accepts the offer of a shady impresario whose "arrangements" can't prevent their triumph on the seaside.

Melodii, melodii

1978

Casa de la miezul nopții poster
6.8

In New Year's Eve, Dan, a pilot, picks up a stranded woman at the airport and they head together to his cabin, where they will meet unexpectedly his ex and her new partner.

Casa de la miezul nopții

1978

The Canary and the Blizzard poster
6.5

In the winter of 1933, an illegalist (a communist, member of a political party a party outlawed at the time) assumes the mission of a wounded colleague to transmit a secret message.

The Canary and the Blizzard

1970

September poster
7.2

After he fails to be accepted in college, Vali is questioned by police for participating in various thefts. He needs an alibi and he thinks the best one would be his father in Bucharest. To get there, he steals a motorcycle. In Bucharest he meets store clerk Anișoara, and he invites her to a seaside escapade. Their one day of love and future optimism is ended abruptly by a tragic motorcycle accident.

September

1978

Hot Days poster
5.3

In summer 1975 at the Constanța Shipyard, director Mihai Coman pushes to cast a massive ship propeller in-house, facing technical failures, internal resistance, and political hesitation. As the casting repeatedly breaks and deadlines loom, he must overcome engineering hurdles and personal sacrifices to see the vessel launched with the home-forged propeller.

Hot Days

1976

Long Way to Tipperary poster
7.0

The movie is about the historic moment in which the PNȚ political party has attempted to form a government in exile to counteract the Petru Groza Russian puppet government. Obviously this is seen through the lenses of communist propaganda.

Long Way to Tipperary

1973

The Immortals poster
7.3

It's the story of a few men that wonder across Europe trying to come home and rebuild what Mihai Viteazul called "Romanian dream".

The Immortals

1974

Totally Unprepared poster
7.3

A lunatic conductor-director brings to light a kaleidoscope of characters from a kind of insect. Comedy in "zig-zag" from smile to laugh, inspired by a book by humorist Valentin Silvestru.

Totally Unprepared

1977

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

The Man We Need poster
7.2

A 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

The City Seen from Above poster
7.0

Maria Sorescu, director of a re-education school, becomes mayor of a town. She tries to improve the predecessors' record.

The City Seen from Above

1975

The Power and The Truth poster
8.2

This is a communist propaganda movie that follows the life of an engineer who is in conflict with power hungry apparatchiks.

The Power and The Truth

1972

Saint Teresa and the Devils poster
7.5

September, 1944. A group of soldiers and resistance fighters set to blow up a viaduct of strategic value.

Saint Teresa and the Devils

1972

Alone Amongst Friends poster
5.0

A motel manager pushes his unmotivated son to get some good positions, greasing in the right places.

Alone Amongst Friends

1979

The Actor and the Savages poster
7.9

At 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

The Redhead poster
7.1

During the summer of 1944, while Romanians turn weapons against Nazis, Mihai, an orphan teenager whose parents died in a bombing, tries to enlist in order to fight in the front line but he discovers that former police commissioner Potra tortured and beaten prisoners, including his father, who was political detained. Mihai will fight to bring Potra in front of the justice.

The Redhead

1976

The Trap poster
6.4

After defeating some Iron Guard gangs in Bucharest, those who survived were hiding somewhere in the mountains. Several bloody events took place in one of the smaller villages. In the unequal struggle with criminals entered the former police commissioner who meanwhile became a Major in Romanian Communist Police, Mihai Roman.

The Trap

1974

The Conspiracy poster
6.8

A propaganda movie about the confrontation between the communists and secret police, legionaires in Romania.

The Conspiracy

1973

Strange Agent poster
6.7

This is a thriller based on a theatre play by Horia Lovinescu - „Omul care şi-a pierdut omenia” (The Man Who Lost His Humanity) with elements of adventure, suspense and confrontations between good and evil.

Strange Agent

1974

Intemperance poster
6.1

A war widower with two kids marries a rich tanner. Her greed tears the family apart, resulting in a lot of misfortune. Based on "Hiena" novel by Petru Vintilă.

Intemperance

1975

Series credits