Corneliu Gîrbea
Also Known As: Cornel Gârbea
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Gheorghieni, Cluj, România
Adult: No
Birthday: September 04, 1928
Age: 96 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: July 13, 2018
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Mercenaries' Trap
Overview: 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. Looking for revenge, he ordered the killing of innocent Romanian peasants from a neighbouring village, which he suspected to be guilty for the losses he suffered. A Romanian officer from Romanian Transylvanian Volunteers Corp, decides to help the villagers to face the menace of the nobleman
Genres: War Adventure
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 1982-05-13
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Proud Heritage
Overview: 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.
Genres: History
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 1989-11-17
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Michael, the Dog That Sang
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Genres: Drama Adventure
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 1979-10-01
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The Punishment
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 1976-09-13
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Uncle Marin, the Billionaire
Overview: 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 billionaire, Mr. Juvett. Marin is amazed by the revealing clothing worn by women at the resort, while the hotel guests are fascinated by his quaint peasant costume. In the hotel room, Marin is perplexed by the various gadgets. Meanwhile, the gangsters learn that Juvett has arrived at the hotel. Juvett is the father of the kidnapped girl, and is coming to pass over a million dollar ransom. A rival gang, who know about the kidnapping, plan to take the ransom for themselves. They follow Marin, believing him to be Juvett.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 1979-02-05
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The Dacians
Overview: The great King of Dacia, Decebal (Decebalus), is disposed to make the ultimate sacrifice in order to keep the integrity of his people. His own son, Cotyso, is given to the god Zamolxis to the dismay of the King and his daughter Meda. Septimius Severus, a young Roman devoted to his adopted country, must make the choice between his blood origins and the culture he was introduced to.
Genres: War Drama History
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 1967-05-31
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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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Ciuleandra
Overview: After he kills his beloved wife, Puiu Faranga is helped by his father to fake insanity.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 1985-01-14
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Michael the Brave
Overview: 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 end of the 16th century (1599-1601) against the opposition of the Ottoman and Austrian Empires, this movie features large scale battle scenes mixed with political intrigues, murderous treachery, and family drama.
Genres: War Drama History
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 1971-02-13
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With Clean Hands
Overview: A story of an apolitical police commissar who is using odd methods against the gangsters.
Genres: Thriller Action Crime
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 1972-10-29
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A Police Inspector Calls
Overview: The Iron Guard, also known as Legion of Archangel Michael, was a Romanian nationalist and patriotic movement of extreme right; as such, after it rose to power, it supported Nazi Germany and started a fierce campaign of retaliation against its political enemies. As such, in the night of November 26-27, 1940, the Death Teams executed forty political prisoners in the Jilava prison (in the movie, named "Viraga"), and next day, other two Teams arrested and shot the former minister Virgil Madgearu and the world famous historian Nicolae Iorga. To squash down the political outcry, the Police Prefect Stefan Zävoianu conveniently assigns the cases to a commissioner from the "Morals Division" (prostitution, thieves), Tudor Moldovan, hoping that he will fail to get to the bottom of the case. However, Moldovan has communist sympathies, so he quickly comes under the influence of the Bolshevik Pîrvu, who had escaped during the Viraga...
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 1974-04-01
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The Secret of Bacchus
Overview: Victor, an incisive journalist, discovers a series of irregularities in a State farming enterprise. His investigations will unmask the fraud committed by the person in charge of the wine section, called Bachus. Although aided by an impressive number of cronies, Bachus will not be able to hide forever infamous secret.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 1984-03-05
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The Migrant Birds Are Coming
Overview: In the Barza village, people grew accustomed to see doctors leave with the migratory birds. With the new doctor, they will have a surprise...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 1984-03-25
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Secretul lui Nemesis
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 1987-11-02
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For Motherland
Overview: 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.
Genres: History War
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 1977-05-07
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Iancu Jianu, Outlaw
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Genres: Adventure History
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 1981-09-02
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The Duel
Overview: 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.
Genres: Thriller Action Crime Mystery
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 1981-06-14
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The Recruitment
Overview: Lured by a delusional offer, a young geologist ravels abroad where he falls in the tentacles of an economic spying multinational, that forces him to play as its agents sing for him. Well endowed morally and physically, our geologist passes with flying banners the tests, more so, he even resists the charms of an irresistible lady agent, only to be able to return home, where it's very obvious for him what he has to do! —Tudor Caranfil & Mihnea Columbeanu
Genres: Action
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 1985-01-01
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Mad Forest
Overview: A young communist returns to a small provincial town.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 1982-01-01
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Blackmail
Overview: A gang falsifies college degrees and sells them. They also help their careers, so that later they can blackmail them to obtain industrial espionage.
Genres: Thriller Crime Comedy
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 1981-02-23
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The War of the Princesses
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Genres: Action Comedy Drama
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 1970-07-10
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Faust XX
Overview: A terminally ill professor gets an immoral offer.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 1966-12-12
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The Ring
Overview: Andrei is now a truck driver, but in one of his travels to Germany, he must become once again a boxer just for one night at the middleweight category.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 1984-02-20
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Harababura
Overview: A few unrelated groups of people leave for vacation from Bucharest for the mountains. They meet by chance in Poiana Brașov.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 1990-01-01
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The Hussy
Overview: An unemployed engineer working as a driver at an oil company hears about a lost Inca treasure and goes in search of it.
Genres: Western Adventure TV Movie
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1978-05-06
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