Marcel Anghelescu

Tufă de Veneția (1977)

A 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. ...

The Romanian Musketeer (1975)

During the 18th century when Moldavian Prince Dimitrie Cantemir writes The History of the Rise and Fall of the Ottoman Empire the manuscript is stolen and offered to the highest bidder. ...

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 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 ...

Three Secret Letters (1974)

A director of a shipyard abusively fires a foreman who has opposing ideas. ...

Black Sea Adventures (1972)

A counterespionage office get a mission to go to the Black Sea shore and catch a spy network that got their hands on a secret fuel formula. ...

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, ...

The Nameless Star (1966)

The tranquility of a Romanian village is shattered by the arrival of a beautiful unknown coinciding with the discovery of a new star by a modest professor of astronomy ... ...

Mofturi 1900 (1966)

Mofturi 1900 is a 1964 Romanian comedic film directed by Jean Georgescu and based on Ion Luca Caragiale's many Moments and Sketches. The sketches used are "Diplomatie" ("Diplomacy"), "Amicii" ("Pals"), "O lacuna" ("A gap"), "Bubico", "C.F.R." (abbreviation ...

The Teacher's Correspondence (1966)

A subpoena on perception turns the life of a teacher upside down when he finds himself taxed for what he never even had: two buffalo. Because of the aberrant bureaucracy, he can't even get rid of the fictitious cuckolds... ...

Your Part of the Blame (1963)

This movie follows the story of a young man - Mihai Brad, who works for a industrial plant. He reaches a turning point in his life when his bosses discuss his admittance in the Young Worker Union, a communist organization, which can help propel his career ...

Steps to the Moon (1963)

An aspiring astronaut prepares his ship for take-off, plugs in a razor and causes a blackout. In the deep darkness the boy imagines himself meeting the literary characters who have enthralled readers past with their stories of space travel. ...

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.... ...

The Man Next to You (1962)

A young engineer arrives for a short time in Bucharest, where he reconnects with the girl that he loves since college. They get married, and she sacrifices her career to follow him to a big project away. ...

Celebrul 702 (1962)

In 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 ...

General Delivery (1962)

"Post Restant" is about two engineers: Puiu (Iurie Darie), a quite shy character, and Dan (Ion Dichiseanu) an alpha male type. They receive a letter from Liliana, a letter which is actually meant for the former apartment owner. Puiu replies to the letter, ...

Darclée (1960)

Darclee 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 sa ...

The Boors (1960)

Movie adaptation after Carlo Goldoni`s "I rusteghi" comedy, written in 1760. ...

The Storm (1960)

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. ...

Our Lads (1960)

A star of a small town soccer team gets involved with the pretty sister of his main rival in the team. ...

Telegrams (1960)

Geared more for the home crowd with a good knowledge of their own history, this Romanian political comedy takes place at the turn of the 20th century, when two opposing factions are going at each other tooth and nail to win an election. One candidate is a ...

The Avalanche (1959)

The story of the rescue of workers trapped in a snow avalanche in a remote mountain cabin. ...

Two Lottery Tickets (1959)

1957 film adaptation of Romanian playwright Ion Luca Caragiale's novella "Două loturi" (Two Lottery Tickets, 1901). The scenario was written by director Jean Georgescu, one of the most skilled Romanian filmmakers of the 1940s and 1950s, while the directin ...

The Thistles of The Bărăgan (1958)

The title translates as Fools of Bărăgan, in reference to a band of beleaguered feudal Rumanian peasants. But these are no fools: instead, they are fearless freedom fighters, organizing a brave (though foredoomed) revolt against the tyranny of the landow ...

O mica întîmplare (1957)

An obliging and resourceful peasant made a woodworking machine out of scrap metal bought for two ducks, unaware of the dangers that would await him at every turn. Having become an unwitting swindler, he had to go with the proper documents through many inst ...

Bird of the Storm (1957)

Adam, a young and poor fisherman, falls in love with Uliana, but the girl's parents want her to marry Simion. To get rid of him, Simion blames Adam of the drowning of his fellow fishermen he was with out in a storm. ...

On My Responsibility (1956)

A fashion designer creates an ugly model and he won't back down against all advice. ...

Cu Marincea e ceva (1954)

A Lost Letter (1954)

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 ...

Romanian Farmer (1952)

Chain of Weakness (1952)

The Valley Resounds (1950)

Famous Romania communist propaganda movie, one of the templates to what followed. It is about the volunteers that built the Bumbești-Livezeni railroad. ...

The White Squadron (1944)

Inspired by the activity of the medical squadrons, piloted exclusively by female nurses on the Russian front of the Second World War. ...