Acting
Zephi Alșec
Born 1923-02-22 · Bucureşti, Romania
Acting credits
6.7This 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
6.5In 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
8.2This 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
6.7How a worker family living in a worker neighborhood of between wars Bucharest come involved with the communist movement.
Merriment Ward
1964
8.4A young light music band accepts the offer of a shady impresario whose "arrangements" can't prevent their triumph on the seaside.
Melodii, melodii
1978
7.2After 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
4.7A 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
7.6It'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
8.2After 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
6.8In 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
7.2Andrei Mladin, a young investigative reporter, is set up for two murders by a criminal that he brought to justice earlier.
Attack in the Library
1993
8.3The 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
7.3A 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.
Tufă de Veneția
1977
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
5.2In 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
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
6.2After 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
8.0The 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
A group of students from an architectural institute, instead of going to the mountains, accidentally end up in a vacation home by the sea. Here, after a series of amusing adventures, they successfully perform with their amateur variety orchestra.
Vacanta la mare
1963
7.0The 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
7.0Maria 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
NRIn a small provincial town, members of the Illegalist Movement are feverishly preparing for Liberation Day. The Fre Freckle, a cute 14-year-old boy, becomes the hero of these events, which are being led from the shadows by his friend and comrade Andrei. With the help of his history teacher, his father and, more often than not, his dog Calu, the boy faces any challenge with ease and courage.
Pistruiatul 2: Ascunzișuri
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6.6The 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
8.3In 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