Colea Răutu

Carol I (2009)

The last days of the first Romanian king, Carol I of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, and the tough decisions he had to make in the summer of 1914 in order to please both Romanian Parliament and his relatives from the German Empire. ...

The Earth's Most Beloved Son (1993)

The life-story confession of a prisoner waiting for his trial. Victor Petrini, a promising intellectual in the 1950s and a lecturer in Philosophy is arrested by the repressive secret police, wrongly accused of espionage, and sentenced to prison and forced ...

Proud Heritage (1989)

After 1394 King Mircea the Elder, ruler of Wallachia, ponders the eventual consequences of a military alliance with the Poles versus one with the Turks. ...

The Miracle (1988)

An agronomist manages to irrigate and stabilize some sand dunes in southern Romania. ...

The Gold Diggers (1986)

Old man John Tarwater and young lawyer Elam Harnish, gripped by the "gold fever" leave for Alaska, embarking on the adventure of a new hard and torturous life, which, due to famine, John Tarwater falls victim to. ...

Atkins (1985)

A Western set in the US around the turn of the century. Atkins leaves the city to return to the valley where he formerly lived. There he meets Native Americans who learn to trust him. They ask Atkins to buy weapons for them. On his journey Atkins meets Mor ...

The Last Assault (1985)

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

Mireasma ploilor târzii (1984)

Paul Vasiliu, a geologist, returns to his native village. Excavating for irrigation works gives him the opportunity to discover some valuable minerals. Now he has to convince the villagers to postpone theirs lifelong dream of having irrigations in their fi ...

Dangerous Turn (1983)

A medic is hunted by guilt of killing a man in a car accident, a cop who staged an experiment of placing a dummy on the side of the road and a dead man found found on the side of the road. ...

The Encounter (1982)

This film si about the sabotage of a Nazi fluvial transport on the Danube during WWII. ...

Mercenaries' Trap (1982)

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. Look ...

The Duel (1981)

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. ...

Last Night of Love (1980)

In 1916, shortly before Romania's entry in World War One Romanian Army Lieutenant Tudor Gheorghiu is posted to a border patrol unit on Romania's border with Austria-Hungary. Not receiving any news from his wife he persuades the commanding officer, Captain ...

Michael, the Dog That Sang (1979)

The adventures of the Irish terrier Michael began the moment he ran to the shore during a walk. Here he was picked up by the steward of the schooner McCambo, Dag Daughtry. Dag decided to sell the purebred dog at the nearest port, secretly brought Michael o ...

Uncle Marin, the Billionaire (1979)

At a swanky hotel in a Black Sea resort, Gogu, one of the hotel employees, meets his uncle Marin, an Oltenian peasant who has come to visit. Gogu says he can sneak Marin into the hotel, as one of the rooms is empty awaiting the arrival of an American billi ...

Uncertain Roads (1979)

Octavian Borcea, a middle aged peasant, goes through a social crisis when he decides to re-marry with a widower. He visits all his 5 children, then he returns in the village, where he burned his bridges. ...

Revenge (1978)

"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 ...

Operation 'The Bus' (1978)

In 1950 a Western spy is clandestinely parachuted into Communist Romania to retrieve secret WW2 codes and agent lists and also to assist a group of anti-Communist guerrillas escape but the Communist police is setting a trap. ...

Reunited (1977)

A happily married teacher finds out that a child of hers she believed dead for 10 tears is alive. On the trail of her first lover, she reconnects with her lost daughter. ...

For Motherland (1977)

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. ...

Accident (1977)

Three young man run in the rain with a borrowed car. The first accident, whose victim is a girl, gives the signal for a race through the city to escape the police crews. Race ends tragically, with another serious incident, even one victim is involved. The ...

Fair-Play (1977)

Pintea (1976)

The movie is set in 18th century Maramureș region of Romania. The Romanian officer Grigore Pintea return to his village and finds out that his parents were killed, and other villagers were tortured because they protested against the unfair treatment of Ba ...

The Court Adjourns the Sentencing (1976)

A judge is tasked to investigate a mining accident. ...

Singurătatea florilor (1976)

A lonely, selfish and proud doctor receives a bouquet of flowers one day that sets him on fire. An unassuming cab driver, a family man and devoted colleague, helps him to identify the sender and find himself. ...

Hot Days (1976)

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 overcom ...

The Last Night of Loneliness (1976)

The movie depicts a peasant with a very strong personality that copes with the changes in the Romanian village. ...

Stephen the Great: Vaslui 1475 (1975)

In 1475 when Stephen the Great, ruler of Moldavia is facing an invading Ottoman army of 120 000 men, the fate of Christian Europe largely depends on the battle's outcome. ...

The Immortals (1974)

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 Prodigal Father (1974)

This film is about the changes in the countryside happening in Romania around 1945, when am agrarian reform happens. ...

Die Kreuzritter 1475 (1974)

The Martens Brothers (1974)

Historical movie based on the "The Martens Brothers" (Romanian: Frații Jderi) novel. Ionut is the youngest son of Commissar Jder, a trusted man of Stephen the Great. He falls in love with Nasta, the daughter of a boyar, and competes for her affections wit ...

Ulzana (1974)

This rather unconventional Western movie is set in the middle of the 19th century in Arizona. The film portrays an Indian tribe, the Mimbreno Appacheans, who are celebrating their Thanksgiving, building an irrigation plant, carrying on commerce, and trying ...

A Certain Kind of Happiness (1973)

A story about a group of friends and their choices, how to pursue their careers and personal life. ...

The Poseidon Explosion (1973)

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

Apache (1973)

The story of Ulzana, an Apache chief who has reached a rapprochement with the local Mexican population and generously extends it to whites who travel through the territory. His people have become inured to the treacherous ways of the white man, however, an ...

The Last Bullet (1973)

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 powe ...

The Dowry of Lady Ralu (1972)

Part two of the triptych dedicated to the outlaw Șaptecai and episode 5 of the Outlaws series. After a spectacular escape plotted by Anița, Răspopitul and Parpanghel, Captain Anghel sets off once again on the money trail. Kidnapping Caliopi, Șaptecai d ...

The Lost Forest (1972)

In 1943 in a Romanian fishing village on the river Danube brothers Pavel and Simion compete for the love of Lia while the war is raging on. ...

The Week of the Madmen (1971)

The last part of the triptych dedicated to the outlaw Șaptecai and episode 6 of the Outlaws series. In the Week of Fools, Anghel's band exchanges Lady Ralu's dowry for arms for Tudor of Vladimiri's army, which they decide to join. Although captured by Mam ...

Michael the Brave (1971)

An epic fresco depicting the reign (1593-1601) of Mihai Pătrașcu (better known as "Mihai Viteazul" / "Michael the Brave"), the famous prince who united the three provinces: Transalpine Vallachia, Transylvania and Moldavia, into the country of Romania, at ...

The Making of the World (1971)

Around the nationalization in 1948, a worker's daughter, as a student, is attracted by the social life offered by a breed horse owner. The relationship will sour by the cruelty with which he kills the horses, rather then give them away. ...

The Revenge of the Outlaws (1968)

Second 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 the ...

The Kidnapping of the Maidens (1968)

In 19th century Wallachia war-bands of Ottoman Turks from across the Danube river raid Wallachia with impunity, while Wallachia's Phanariote rulers don't oppose them. ...

The Castellans (1967)

Two cooperativists exploit a pond for fish and frogs outside their institutions circuit. Until a youth with socialist expanding ideals comes with the initiative to drain it and use the land for grains. They hatch a plan to make the pond a natural monument, ...

Three Times Bucharest (1967)

Three 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 ...

The Uprising (1966)

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 are ...

The Outlaws (1966)

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 thei ...

White Trial (1966)

Matei recollects events of the year 1944 in order to prove the innocence of a friend. Based on "Șoseaua Nordului" (Northern Highway) novel by Eugen Barbu. ...

Snowfall Season (1966)

Pavel has to confron his father in law, who is decided to compromise him in front of the village. ...

The Soimaresti Clan (1965)

Vying for Principality of Moldavia's throne the descendants of Prince Stephen the Great start a bloody civil war in 1612. ...

Pisica de mare (1964)

The Romanian Ministry of State Security has learned that foreign intelligence is hunting for plans for blue mines, where strategic raw materials are mined. This task is carried out by a gang led by a spy named Sea Cat. ...

Lupeni 29 (1963)

Based on true events. In the Romanian town of Lupeni August 5, 1929, driven to despair by hard labor conditions miners under the leadership of Communists organized a strike. The miners demanded higher wages and an eight-hour workday. They opposed the gover ...

Lumina de iulie (1963)

even if you say you don't remember that summer light, it has been in your brain for a long time and you would recognize it immediately....in this communist-collectivist propaganda film of an artificially grotesque beauty to the point of absurdity.... ...

Under the Circus Dome (1962)

A kid looses his dog, which went to spend some time with a circus troupe. ...

Soldiers without Uniform (1961)

An engine driver is taken prisoner in 1944 and ends up in a camp behind enemy lines. He escapes together with a soviet prisoner and a professor and make their way back to Romania. ...

A World Wihout Sky (1961)

A movie about miner strikes in 1292 Jiu Valley. It is made from re-cutting and combining two previous movies, "Lupeni '29" and "Golgota", that were shot much earlier. ...

The Thirst (1960)

The communists are taking over the boyar land and do the agrarian reform. ...

Beyond the Fir Trees (1958)

A group of Romanian soldiers helped by peasants, prevents the transport of goods looted by German soldiers from the USSR during the Second World War. ...

Family Jewels (1958)

A bourgeois family life in Romania around the time of the Great Peasant Uprising of 1907. ...

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. ...

Desfasurarea (1955)

Based on the story of the same name by Marin Preda. The movie tells about the struggle of poor peasants against the rural rich for the creation of collective farming. ...