Liviu Ciulei
Also Known As: Ливиу Чулей
Biography: Liviu Ciulei was a Romanian theater and film director, film writer, actor, architect, educator, costume and set designer. During a career spanning over 50 years, he was described by Newsweek as "one of the boldest and most challenging figures on the international scene".
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Bucharest, Romania
Birthday: July 07, 1923
Deathday: October 24, 2011
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Gender: Male
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Cerul n-are gratii
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 1963-05-21
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Forest of the Hanged
Overview: In 1916 as an officer in the Habsburg Army ethnic Romanian Apostol Bologa is torn between remaining loyal to the Habsburgs or deserting to the Romanian Army across enemy lines.
Genres: Drama History War Romance
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 1965-03-16
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France is an Empire
Overview: A documentary showing the pride France took in its position as an Empire, during the period after the Munich accords when it felt threatened by bullying from Italy and the possibility of war still with Germany.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1938-01-02
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The Waves of the Danube
Overview: Ciulei’s second feature recalls the best of Fritz Lang and Michael Curtiz in its WWII-era espionage tale, set on a barge transporting Nazi munitions up the Danube. Ciulei himself givers a superb performance as Mihai, the barge captain forced to navigate the heavily mined waters along with his new bride, Ana (Irina Petrescu). As the journey wears on, Mihai becomes increasingly suspicious of one of his crew, ex-convict Toma (Lazar Vrabie), and his intentions towards Ana. But Toma has a far graver—and potentially deadly—secret to conceal.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 1960-05-24
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Phalanstery
Overview: In the early 19th century the Romanian Theodor Diamant was inspired by the French utopian socialist Charles Fourier and established one of Fourier's "phalansteries" in Rumania. The film dramatizes the origins and demise of this effort, called the "Scaieni Phalanstery (the term is derived from "phalanx" and "monastery"). Among the socio-political commentary that is conveyed throughout, there is an important collusion between the army and the wealthy landowners of the time, and as the film points out in its own way, neither of these groups has ever been convicted of socialist/utopian tendencies.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 1979-03-19
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Alarm in the Mountains
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Genres: Action
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 1955-12-22
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The Making of the World
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 1971-01-01
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The Romanian Musketeer
Overview: 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.
Genres: History Adventure
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 1975-10-13
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Soldiers without Uniform
Overview: 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.
Genres: War
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 1961-01-01
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The Take-Off
Overview: Valedictorian in a flight class, he has to complete 2 years of utility aviation before going into military. He is unhappy about that and he clashes with the old commandant Bărcan.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 1971-12-13
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Love Begins on Friday
Overview: A high school graduate, disappointed by the failure to be accepted in college, finds balance amongst the coworkers at her new job in a factory.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 1972-01-01
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In Our Village
Overview: The film shows that Romanian peasants were divided between those opposing and those embracing collectivization. The heated debates between the pro and con camps would ultimately lead to murder.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 1951-09-20
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Nepoţii gornistului
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Genres: Action
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 1953-10-17
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