Mircea Constantinescu

Poor Ioanide (1980)

Ioanide, an apolitical and misunderstood artist who dreams of "things that are normal abroad but impossible here", led a difficult life as an architect under the old regime. After 1944, his situation improved thanks to the benevolence of an enlightened com ...

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. ...

Then the Legend was Born (1969)

Used to move along with the construction projects they were working for, a group of people decide that is time to settle. ...

Calea Victoriei sau cheia visurilor (1966)

Attorney Constantin Lipan (Geo Barton) is tasked to investigate the case of an oil magnate, Iordan Hagi-Iordan (George Calboreanu). This will put pressure on his superiors to drop the case. Based on "Calea Victoriei" novel by Cezar Petrescu. ...

Across de Lifting Gate (1965)

Vulpașin is desperatley in love with Nastasia, but she is partial to Luca, which works at a factory outside the slum they live in ("accros the lifting gate"). ...

Four Steps Away From Infinity (1964)

A young officer of the Romanian Army performs a sabotage mission against the Nazi regime. Seriously wounded, the officer can not reach the fixed place and finds shelter in a surgeon's home. ...

Memories of My Childhood (1964)

Based on Ion Creanga's book, the story of a child from his childhood to his manhood. ...

The Kid (1962)

A kid discovers he has heart disease, his mother was trying to keep that from him. He is depressed that he cannot play with the other children. For his mother there is a dilema: not to take any risks and have his boy lead an isolated life, or go with the r ...

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. ...

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 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. ...

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 ...

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 ...

Cu Marincea e ceva (1954)

Viaţa învinge (1951)

In his struggle to innovate in an industrial plant, Professor Oltenu discovers, through laboratory research, a new technique that could be very useful in turning iron ore into better steel and products made from it. His experiments don't always yield the b ...