
Directing
Mihai Iacob
Born — Died
1933-05-11 — 2009-07-05
Place of birth
Orăştie, Hunedoara, România
Known for
Directing
Credits
14 titles
Mihai Iacob (11 May 1933 – 5 July 2009) was a Romanian film director and screenwriter. He directed twelve films between 1955 and 1972. His 1961 film Thirst was entered into the 2nd Moscow International Film Festival.
Known for
6.5Adaptation after Fat Frumos din tei by Mihai Eminescu
Blanca
1955
5.8The love of two adolescents for the same girl, in 1944, which is disrupted by the demands of war. From the novel by Titus Popovici.
The Stranger
1964
6.2Darclee is a lead singer for an opera company in Romania with a heavy load of responsibility. It seems the company is in dire need of a decent physical structure for their performances and a brace -- or more -- of good singers to improve their image and sales. In other words, they need just about everything except an excellent lead singer; Darclee fills that bill. And so the company rather unfairly leans on her to get the people and the funds they so desperately want.
Darclée
1960
6.8Three distinct cinematic stories that take place in Bucharest, made by three different directors, on the occasion of the 500th anniversary of the city's existence
Three Times Bucharest
1967
6.5The communists are taking over the boyar land and do the agrarian reform.
The Thirst
1960
A judge falls in love with a married woman.
Because They Are in Love
1972
Behind the camera
6.5Adaptation after Fat Frumos din tei by Mihai Eminescu
Blanca
1955
5.8The love of two adolescents for the same girl, in 1944, which is disrupted by the demands of war. From the novel by Titus Popovici.
The Stranger
1964
6.2Darclee is a lead singer for an opera company in Romania with a heavy load of responsibility. It seems the company is in dire need of a decent physical structure for their performances and a brace -- or more -- of good singers to improve their image and sales. In other words, they need just about everything except an excellent lead singer; Darclee fills that bill. And so the company rather unfairly leans on her to get the people and the funds they so desperately want.
Darclée
1960
6.8Three distinct cinematic stories that take place in Bucharest, made by three different directors, on the occasion of the 500th anniversary of the city's existence
Three Times Bucharest
1967
6.5The communists are taking over the boyar land and do the agrarian reform.
The Thirst
1960
A judge falls in love with a married woman.
Because They Are in Love
1972
6.8After the Nazi troops retreat from Czechoslovakia, some troops are left behind and choose to fight to death holding a castle instead of surrendering to the soviets.
The Castle of the Condemned
1970
6.8After the Nazi troops retreat from Czechoslovakia, some troops are left behind and choose to fight to death holding a castle instead of surrendering to the soviets.
The Castle of the Condemned
1970
8.0The film is a continuation of the story of Tom Sawyer and his friends, the second part of the Romanian screenplay after the famous novel by Mark Twain. The three friends Tom, Huck and Becky continue their adventures full of puzzles and suspense.
The Death of Joe the Indian
1968
8.0The film is a continuation of the story of Tom Sawyer and his friends, the second part of the Romanian screenplay after the famous novel by Mark Twain. The three friends Tom, Huck and Becky continue their adventures full of puzzles and suspense.
The Death of Joe the Indian
1968
7.0A group of Romanian soldiers helped by peasants, prevents the transport of goods looted by German soldiers from the USSR during the Second World War.
Beyond the Fir Trees
1958
7.0A group of Romanian soldiers helped by peasants, prevents the transport of goods looted by German soldiers from the USSR during the Second World War.
Beyond the Fir Trees
1958
6.2In the imaginary country of "Allergica", a group of gangsters have made a fat hit by pinning the blame on the Kid, who awaits execution in the terrible "Bing-Bing" prison. At the last moment the electric chair is unplugged because the lawyer has persuaded the doomed man to dictate his gangster memoirs for the use of the Books & Books publishing house. Its director offers him a "bonus to life" only if he plays along. But the Kid prefers to write about truth, people and love.
Celebrul 702
1962
6.2In the imaginary country of "Allergica", a group of gangsters have made a fat hit by pinning the blame on the Kid, who awaits execution in the terrible "Bing-Bing" prison. At the last moment the electric chair is unplugged because the lawyer has persuaded the doomed man to dictate his gangster memoirs for the use of the Books & Books publishing house. Its director offers him a "bonus to life" only if he plays along. But the Kid prefers to write about truth, people and love.
Celebrul 702
1962
