Ion Besoiu

Acting

Ion Besoiu

Born 1931-03-11 · Sibiu, Romania

He was born in Sibiu in 1931 and graduated the city's Theater and Music Academy. After making his debut in 1957, he played for 16 years at the Radu Stanca National Theatre in Sibiu. He then moved to Bucharest, where he played at the Bulandra Theatre. He later served for 12 years as director of this well-known theatre.

Acting credits

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

Blackmail poster
7.1

A gang falsifies college degrees and sells them. They also help their careers, so that later they can blackmail them to obtain industrial espionage.

Blackmail

1981

No artwork available
7.5

Family conflicts in the times of communist collectivization.

The Brothers

1971

The Last Assault poster
7.6

The film tells about the period when Romania joined the Allies against the Axis in WW2.

The Last Assault

1985

Revenge poster
8.3

"Revansa" (Revenge) appeared not so long after the preview movie of the series, "Un comisar acuza" (The Police Inspector Calls). In this sequel we meet up with police inspector Tudor Moldovan, once again, who wasn't actually killed and who has returned to put an end to Paraipan's actions once and for all. When Paraipan kidnaps Moldovan's kid, the police inspector makes up his mind to punish Paraipan and his bosses and to finish off the fascist movement, lead by Zavoianu and his allies. Together with the communist that fight to gain power, Moldovan takes out his enemies one by one.

Revenge

1978

The Cyanide and the Raindrop poster
7.2

Investigation into the death of a modest cashier.

The Cyanide and the Raindrop

1978

The Convoy poster
6.1

During the Second World War, a fascist warden takes over a prison in Romania and plans to kill communist prisoners under the pretext of attempted escape during their forced transfer to another penitentiary.

The Convoy

1981

No artwork available
5.4

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

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

Mercenaries' Trap poster
7.4

The movie is based on a true story from the end of WWI, in Transylvania. A nobleman who owned some land in Transylvania returns home to find a part of his fortune burned to ashes during late 1918 when power was trasfered from AustroHungary to Romania. Looking for revenge, he ordered the killing of innocent Romanian peasants from a neighbouring village, which he suspected to be guilty for the losses he suffered. A Romanian officer from Romanian Transylvanian Volunteers Corp, decides to help the villagers to face the menace of the nobleman

Mercenaries' Trap

1982

Eagle 101 poster
7.0

A love story sprinkled with spies. A young hero pilot is vulnerable in front of foreign agents due to his love. Based on the novel "Zbor de noapte" (Night Flight) by Nicolae Tăutu. Acting debut for Ion Besoiu

Eagle 101

1957

The Dacians poster
7.3

The great King of Dacia, Decebal (Decebalus), is disposed to make the ultimate sacrifice in order to keep the integrity of his people. His own son, Cotyso, is given to the god Zamolxis to the dismay of the King and his daughter Meda. Septimius Severus, a young Roman devoted to his adopted country, must make the choice between his blood origins and the culture he was introduced to.

The Dacians

1967

Horea poster
7.6

In 18th-century Transylvania, peasants rise against oppressive nobles under the leadership of Horea, Cloșca, and Crișan. Hoping for justice, Horea seeks support from Emperor Joseph II, but as tensions grow, the rebellion turns into a harsh struggle for freedom and survival.

Horea

1984

Astray poster
7.2

In the communist Romania of Nicolae Ceausescu, a young Romanian woman marries a German citizen just to leave the country.

Astray

1978

The Uprising poster
7.3

After years of deplorable conditions of poverty and injustice, peasants revolt against the landowners, the social elite, and police in this routine social drama. A peasant woman is raped by a lecherous wealthy lesbian, and chaos breaks out in the rural areas where the poor suffer the most from the oppressive social and economic conditions.

The Uprising

1966

The Storm poster
6.3

The Nazi troops are retreating from Romania. On a wester town, they have to be held back until some strategic trains can leave the train station.

The Storm

1960

The White Room poster
8.0

A simple story about a man who, in saving another man - whom he does not know - suffers all the consequences of an accident and the implications that medicine catalogs in the name of science.

The White Room

1965

Păcală poster
7.1

Pacala is an important hero in Romanian popular tradition. He is always making fun of everything wrong with the human behaviour such as stupidity, greed or vanity. His attitude and actions always bring damages to the mean, evil and materialistic people. So beside the jokes, the movie has this philosophical layer, undoubtedly because Pacala's independent way of being, free spirit and his love for the nature creates a way of seeing life, bringing joy. Filmed in a very beautiful part of Romania in 1974, the movie had an important success at that time and it is considered one of the most loved movies in Romania ever. Like the hero, found in many stories and jokes, the movie forwards the spirit of true freedom and pure link with the nature, forgetting about times and governments.

Păcală

1974

The Duel poster
7.6

Officer Moldovan must solve the case of a robbery. Credit Central Bank was robbed fast and hard by a gang of professionals. Moldovan is trying to catch the man behind Rica Pasarin, the gang leader, by using his brother, who is a pickpocket thief.

The Duel

1981

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

Subspecies poster
5.4

Three students get caught in the struggle between a good vampire and his evil brother in the Transylvanian mountains.

Subspecies

1991

The Last Bullet poster
7.9

A continuation of a story started in the drama "With Clean Hands" (1972). Commissioner Miclovan's last cartridge is still hot in the pocket of Roman. Left without Miclovan's support, dead in action, Commissioner Roman wants to see his murderer, a very powerful local mafia and smuggler, Mr. Semaca, acquitted by the court for lack of evidence, punished. But before dealing with Semaca, Roman receives a new mission, this time undercover: the capture of a German spy still active in the country, suspected to be hiding in a monastery. In this mission, Commissioner Roman also has a helper, Oarca, a former underwriter who proves good at everything and especially at car chases on serpentine...

The Last Bullet

1973

The Snowstorm poster
5.3

The struggle to convince the peasants to join the collective farm in Romania 60s.

The Snowstorm

1973

The Outlaws poster
7.6

First of 2 films set during the 18th century in the mountains of Wallachia, about a band of outlaws aiming to undermine the rule of the Phanariots and the Ottomans. The story evolves around the two stepbrothers who lead this band, Sarbu and Amza, with their complex and violent relationship.

The Outlaws

1966