Aurel Cioranu

Mysteries Unravel at Dawn (1987)

Stay with You (1982)

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

Why Are the Bells Ringing, Mitica? (1981)

Based on a theatrical text by Romanian writer Ion Luca Caragiale (1852-1912), who was a bitter and funny witness of the turn-of-the-20th-century Romanian bourgeois mores, Carnival Scenes manages to preserve and further enhance the slightly hysteric atmosph ...

The Winner (1981)

A successful boxer has a difficult time due to the fact that his family feels neglected. ...

A Lost Letter (1977)

The plot take place in 1883 in a small provincial town in Romania, where the corrupt establishment decide everything, including - of course - who will be the "elected" representative to the national Senate. A love letter from the bachelor mayor to the wife ...

The Youth Elixir (1975)

An old geriatrics professor accidentally discovers after a high-school reunion a potion that can rejuvenate anybody and uses it on him and his friends. They all go their new youthful ways but, for most of them, things don't go according to plan. ...

The Blue Gates of the City (1974)

After recovering in hospital from an assault by one of his subordinates, Second Lieutenant Roșu returns to lead his anti-aircraft artillery unit during the final days of World War II. ...

Păcală (1974)

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 ...

The Poseidon Explosion (1973)

A group of firefighters discover explosives on an abandoned ship which threatens the local city ...

Brigade Miscellaneous on Alert (1971)

The adventures of three Romanian inept petty criminals during the 1970s. ...

The Outlaws of Sevenhorses (1971)

The third movie in the Haiducii series, set in Muntenia during the Phanariote period. Lady Ralu needs a million galbeni to buy a jewelry collection from Vienna. In order to satisfy her desire, the Phanariot ruler institutes the "birul vacăritului" (the ta ...

Close to the Sun (1961)

Petre Orsa, a young peasant gets a job at the Hunedoara Steel Mill with the dream of becoming a top-notch steel man, having Mihai Solca – a sort of communist industrial hero – as his role model. He starts low moving dirt around with a shovel but he soo ...

Doi vecini (1959)

Adaptation based on the sketch "Doi vecini" by Tudor Arghezi. ...

Eruption (1957)

The eruption of an oil well is much needed for the survival of the workers and their families living nearby. ...

The Mill of Good Luck (1957)

Follows the inner transformation of a man who tried to fight his demon, the love for money, and lost. ...