THE LATEST ROMANIAN MOVIE
ROAD OF BONES (1980) – action film online
A group of the Pașoptist ‘Fraternity’ takes over a treasure belonging to Tudor from Vladimiri in order to exchange it for weapons in Brașov, in the fight against the Arnauts and their own temptations. Feared by many, Mărgelatu aids the resistance in the struggle against the state authorities.
Directed by: Doru Năstase
Script: Eugen Barbu, N. Paul Mihail
Cast: Florin Piersic, Marga Barbu, Ion Marinescu, Iurie Darie, Remus Mărgineanu, Ernest Maftei, Toma Dimitriu, Petrică Gheorghiu, Adrian Stefanescu, Ion Besoiu, Constantin Dinulescu
THE PUNISHMENT (1977) – drama film online
In 1919 at the end of WW1 Romanian peasant Manolache Preda returns to his native village where he finds his woman taken by another and his land sold to the local landowner.
Directed by: Sergiu Nicolaescu
Cast: Amza Pellea, Ioana Pavelescu, Sergiu Nicolaescu, Ernest Maftei, Gheorghe Dinica, Emmerich Schäffer, Mihai Mereuta, Aimee Iacobescu
Script by: Anuşavan Salamanian, Sergiu Nicolaescu
A POLICE INSPECTOR CALLS (1974) – action film online
Inspired by the bloody events of 1940, when the “Green Shirts” attempted to seize power, Petru Moldovan, an incorruptible commissioner, will investigate with cold-blooded determination and regardless of consequences, the crimes of the Legionnaire gang.
Directed by: Geo Saizescu
Script: Sergiu Nicolaescu, Vintilă Corbul, Eugen Burada, Mircea Gândilă
Cast: Amza Pellea, Gheorghe Dinică, Ion Besoiu, Sergiu Nicolaescu, Jean Constantin, Emmerich Schäffer, Ștefan Mihailescu-Braila, Alexandru Dobrescu, Marin Moraru, Vasile Nitulescu, Jean Lorin Florescu
THE SECRET OF BACCHUS (1984) – comedy film online
A reporter discovers a highly organized network for the production and distribution of wine. It’s a satire of the communist regime.
Directed by: Geo Saizescu
Script: Titus Popovici
Cast: Emil Hossu, Ștefan Mihăilescu-Brăila, Dem Rădulescu, Gheorghe Dinică, Sebastian Papaiani, Jean Constantin, Rodica Mureșan, Corneliu Gîrbea, Dumitru Rucăreanu, Enikõ Szilágyi, Carmen Zecheru, Horațiu Mălăele, Cristian Ștefănescu, Octavian Cotescu, Ileana Stana Ionescu
UNCLE MARIN, THE BILLIONAIRE (1979) – comedy film online
A Romanian peasant, visiting a friend who is working at a hotel on the Black Sea Riviera, is mistaken for a look-alike rich American businessman.
Directed by: Sergiu Nicolaescu
Script: Vintilă Corbul, Eugen Burada, Amza Pellea
Cast: Amza Pellea, Draga Olteanu Matei, Jean Constantin, Ștefan Mihăilescu-Brăila, Sebastian Papaiani, Puiu Călinescu, Stela Popescu, Ștefan Bănică, Vasilică Tastaman, Hamdi Cerchez, Adina Popescu, Ștefan Thuri, Brândușa Manu, Corneliu Gîrbea, Mircea Albulescu, Colea Răutu, Gil Dobrică, Alexandru Dobrescu, Mihai Mălaimare
VLAD ȚEPEȘ (1979) – historical film online
Vlad, the ruler of Wallachia, fights against the Ottoman Empire on the battlefield, as well as against the Hungarian nobles.
Directed by: Doru Năstase
Script: Mircea Mohor
Cast: Ștefan Sileanu, Ernest Maftei, Emanoil Petruț, Teofil Vâlcu, Alexandru Repan, Constantin Codrescu, George Constantin, Constantin Barbulescu, Ion Marinescu, Silviu Stanculescu, Vasile Cosma
MERCENARIES TRAP (1981) – feature film online
In 1918 a defeated Austro-Hungarian Baron Colonel Von Görtz returns home to Transylvania which has just been lost to Romania. A vengeful Von Görtz punishes the nearby villagers but Romanian Major Tudor Andrei aids them.
Directed by: Sergiu Nicolăescu
Cast: Gheorghe Cozorici, Sergiu Nicolaescu, Mircea Albulescu, Ion Besoiu, Amza Pellea, Violeta Andrei, George Mihăiță, Colea Răutu, Ileana Popovici
Script: Sergiu Nicolăescu, Liviu Gheorghiu
THE SECRET OF THE SECRET WEAPON (1988) – comedy film online
The Dragon, the Most Dragonish (Mircea Diaconu), and the Emperor (Victor Rebengiuc) battle for control over the world using various schemes and cunning tactics.
Directed by: Alexandru Tatos
Script: Alexandru Tatos
Cast: Adrian Păduraru, Dem Rădulescu, Mircea Diaconu, Carmen Galin, Aristide Teica, Mitică Popescu, Manuela Hărăbor, Horaţiu Mălăele, Emilia Dobrin, Victor Rebengiuc, Coca Bloos
THE MISCELLANEOUS BRIGADE STRIKES AGAIN (1970) – comedy film online
wo cases of theft, seemingly trivial, lead Captain Panait (Toma Caragiu), Sergeant Căpșună (Sebastian Papaiani), Sergeant Major Cristoloveanu (Dumitru Furdui), and the dog Costel on the trail of a real gang network.
Directed by: Mircea Drăgan
Script: Mircea Drăgan, Nicolae Tic
Cast: Toma Caragiu, Dem Rădulescu, Puiu Călinescu, Jean Constantin, Sebastian Papaiani, Ioana Drăgan, Dumitru Furdui, Iurie Darie, Cella Dima, Boris Ciornei, Constantin Rauțchi, George Mihăiță
THE IMMORTALS (1974) – historical film online
Sergiu Nicolaescu’s adaptation of Titus Popovici’s screenplay “After the Storm” presents the story of 13 knights of honor who, after the tragic disappearance of Mihai Viteazul, were forced to leave the country and wander far away until, as many as will have reached, they return home.
Directed by: Sergiu Nicolăescu
Script: Sergiu Nicolăescu, Titus Popovici (original script)
Cast: Sergiu Nicolăescu, Gheorghe Dinică, Jean Constantin, Amza Pellea, Costel Băloiu, Ilarion Ciobanu, Geo Costiniu, Ion Besoiu, Colea Răutu, Gina Patrichi, Zephi Alsec, Alexandru Dobrescu, Vasile Popa, Paul Fister, Mircea Pașcu
I DON’T WANT TO GET MARRIED (1961) – feature film online
A group of young people from a textile factory have an artistic ensemble and want to put on a show. They will be the protagonists of several amusing mishaps until they establish their repertoire.
Directed by: Manole Marcus
Script: Simion Macovei
Cast: Ilarion Ciobanu, Alexandru Dobrescu, Sergiu Nicolăescu, Gheorghe Dinică, George Constantin, Ștefan Mihăilescu-Brăila, Sebastian Papaiani, Aimee Iacobescu
WITH CLEAN HANDS (1972) – feature film online
An incursion into an epoch deeply troubled, ravaged by war and suffering, yet against the backdrop of which had emerged the heralding lights of other times.
Directed by: Sergiu Nicolăescu
Cast: Ilarion Ciobanu, Alexandru Dobrescu, Sergiu Nicolăescu, Gheorghe Dinică, George Constantin, Ștefan Mihăilescu-Brăila, Sebastian Papaiani, Aimee Iacobescu
Script: Titus Popovici, Petre Sălcudeanu
THE TRIP (2022) – short film online
A married man has an affair with a much younger colleague. The two decide to celebrate her anniversary on a secluded island in the Danube Delta. From the moment they arrive, everything goes from bad to worse, without any logical explanation.
Directed by: Rusescu Laurențiu Gabriel
Cast: Meda Andreea Victor, Dorian Boguță, Valentin Popescu, Andrei Coman, Zane Jarcu
Script: Rusescu Laurențiu Gabriel
Producer: Viorel Sergovici, Mihai Orășanu
CONFESSIONS OF LOVE (1985) – feature film online
A love story between two high school students from different social backgrounds, Ioana and Alexandru, who stay together facing all prejudices and obstacles.
Directed by: Nicolae Corjos
Script: George Sovu, Nicolae Sovu
Cast: Adrian Păduraru, Carmen Enea, Teodora Mareș, Ion Caramitru, Tamara Buciuceanu-Botez, Adela Mărculescu, Constantin Diplan, Florin Chiriac, Dorel Vișan, Mioara Ifrim, Lucian Nuță, Miruna Birau, Cristina Deleanu, Andrei Duban
THE GRADUATES (1986) – feature film online
“The Graduates” is a Romanian movie from 1986, directed by Nicolae Corjos. It tells the love story of two freshmen (first-year high school students) who fall in love. Mihai (Ştefan Bănică Jr.) is a provincial boy who attends a high school in Bucharest, where his passion for philosophy and mathematics will be overshadowed by love, while Dana (Oana Sârbu) is a chess enthusiast.
Directed by: Nicolae Corjos
Script: George Sovu
Cast: Ștefan Bănică Jr., Mihai Constantin, Oana Sîrbu, Cesonia Postelnicu, Tudor Petrut, Tamara Buciuceanu-Botez, Ion Caramitru, Silviu Stănculescu, Dorina Lazăr, Sebastian Papaiani, Cristina Deleanu, Iarina Demian, Liviu Crăciun, Mihai Mereuță, Cătălin Păduraru
BY THE RAILS (2016) – feature film online
After a long absence, a man working in Italy returns home for a week to his wife and child, but far from being welcomed with open arms.
Directed by: Cãtãlin Mitulescu
Script: Cãtãlin Mitulescu
Cast: Alexandru Potocean, Ada Condeescu, Giada Laudicina, Claudiu Trandafir, Oana Tudor, Andrei Ciopec, Lucian Ciurariu, Roxana Condurache
CAPS (2017) – feature film online
Radu, 45, rich and single, manages his business with a strong, unwavering hand and no scruples. His competition is now leading a charge against him on the stock market, which prompts Radu to remember a childhood game of beer bottle caps, a game that required risk-taking, effort and skill.
Directed by: Sorin Marin
Script: Sorin Marin
Cast: Vlad Ivanov, Adrian Titieni, Adina Eady, Mihai Stanescu, Orodel Olanu, Silviu Oltean, Mihai Smarandache, Dragos Panait, Silviu Mircescu, Nicholas Catianis, Eugeniu Cozma, Lucian Ionescu
MEDA OR THE NOT SO BRIGHT SIDE OF THINGS (2017) – feature film online
A lumberjack, Doru, whose wife dies leaving the child she was looking after, Meda, at risk of being sent to an orphanage, decides to fight for adoption, against the odds.
Directed by: Emanuel Parvu
Cast: Șerban Pavlu, Adrian Titieni, Florin Zamfirescu, Ana Radu, Costel Cascaval, Astilean Dan, Vlad Corbeanu, Radu Zetu
Script: Emanuel Parvu
MISSING YOU (2022) – short film online
An elderly and lonely writer tries to save his relationship. Every evening, he meets with his greatest love and attempts to rekindle the connection between them.
Directed by: Carlo Mihail
Cast: Marian Ralea, Daria Pentelie, Mihai Mititescu
Script: Carlo Mihail
Producer: Carlo Mihail, Ștefan Comănescu
E PERICOLOSO SPORGERSI! (1993) – feature film online
„Nae Caranfil showed up like a tornado in 1992, like a promise of a new wave which was never to come together years later” (Mihai Chirilov, Re:Public, May 2005).
First screened in Cannes, in Quinzaine de realisateurs, «E pericoloso sporgersi» is the debut film of an audience darling.
Director: Nae Caranfil
Scriptwriter: Nae Caranfil
Cast: Marius Stănescu, Natalie Bonifay, George Alexandru, Valentin Teodosiu, Florin Călinescu, Marius Florea Vizante, Magda Catone
OTHERWISE MAGAZINE
Grand Hotel Italia
A simple room in a hotel in Padova, Italy, hosts unexpected meetings and collisions between people on the move.
Rodi Cotenescu is a Romanian film director known for The Camel in the Picture (2009), Nightmare Before Lunch (2008) and Magistrala 4 (2007). Grand Hotel Italia (2011) was screened at the Transylvania International Film Festival in 2012, awarded the Romanian Cultural Prize at Filmul de Piatra in 2011, and received the Critics Award at CineMAiubit ISFF in the same year.
WATCH MORE ROMANIAN MOVIES ONLINE
Love Building – feature film online
Aurora – feature film
An Ambiguous Geographical Area, but, for Now, Let’s Call It a Delta – short film online
THE MISCELLANEOUS BRIGADE STRIKES AGAIN (1970) – comedy film online
When Going to Fight the Blizzard and the Night is Good to Have Somebody with You – short film online
UNCLE MARIN, THE BILLIONAIRE (1979) – comedy film online
MEDA OR THE NOT SO BRIGHT SIDE OF THINGS (2017) – feature film online
Extravaganzia Large, Thin Crust and Hot Sauce – short film online
In Which the Protagonist Hides and Then Has an Unexpected Encounter
CRITICS RECOMMENDATIONS | LAURENȚIU BRĂTAN | FEATURE FILMS
STUFF AND DOUGH
Director: Cristi Puiu
Date: 2001
Category: FEATURE FILM
Duration: 90 min.
DOMESTIC
Directed by: Adrian Sitaru
Date: 2012
Category: FEATURE FILM
Duration: 85 min.
ADALBERT’S DREAM
Director: Gabriel Achim
Date: 2011
Category: FEATURE FILM
Duration: 98 min.
THE HAPPIEST GIRL IN THE WORLD
Director: Radu Jude
Date: 2009
Category: FEATURE FILM
Duration: 99 min.
THE UNSAVED
Director: Igor Cobileanski
Date: 2013
Category: FEATURE FILM
Duration: 82 min.
Q&A
Questions and Answers, in short Q&As, is the acronym used by the film festivals to name the discussions held after the screening between the public and the team behind the film. We bring to you for watching online an important number of Romanian short films, and after the „screening” we invite you to a Q&A session involving questions that had been asked by our Cinepub team or already addressed by our viewers on our Facebook page and the filmmakers’ answers. The Q&As represent a way to find out more about the people behind the films: directors, scriptwriters, directors of photography, producers or actors.