Jean Constantin
Also Known As: Жан Константин
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Techirghiol, Constanța, România
Adult: No
Birthday: August 21, 1928
Age: 96 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: May 26, 2010
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Sexy Harem Ada-Kaleh
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 2001-01-01
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The Way I Spent the End of the World
Overview: Bucharest 1989 - the last year of Ceausecu's dictatorship. Eva lives with her parents and her 7 year old brother, Lalalilu. One day at school, Eva and her boyfriend accidentally break a bust of Ceausescu. They are forced to confess their crime before a disciplinary committee and Eva is expelled from school and transferred to a reformatory establishment. There she meets Andrei, and decides to escape Romania with him. Lalalilu becomes convinced that Ceausescu is the main reason for Eva's decision to leave. So with his friends from school he devises a plan to kill the dictator.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 2006-09-15
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The Immortals
Overview: It's the story of a few men that wonder across Europe trying to come home and rebuild what Mihai Viteazul called "Romanian dream".
Genres: History Action War Adventure Thriller
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 1974-12-23
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Brigade Miscellaneous Steps In
Overview: Brigade Miscellaneous fights crime in a funny and serious way.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 1970-06-06
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The Oil, the Baby and the Transylvanians
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Genres: Crime Western
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 1981-01-12
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Brigade Miscellaneous on Alert
Overview: The adventures of three Romanian inept petty criminals during the 1970s.
Genres: Comedy Action
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 1971-07-26
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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 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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Revenge
Overview: "Revansa" (Revenge) appeared not so long after the preview movie of the series, "Un comisar acuza" (The Police Inspector Calls). In this sequel we meet up with police inspector Tudor Moldovan, once again, who wasn't actually killed and who has returned to put an end to Paraipan's actions once and for all. When Paraipan kidnaps Moldovan's kid, the police inspector makes up his mind to punish Paraipan and his bosses and to finish off the fascist movement, lead by Zavoianu and his allies. Together with the communist that fight to gain power, Moldovan takes out his enemies one by one.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 1978-11-12
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The Last Bullet
Overview: A continuation of a story started in the drama "With Clean Hands" (1972).
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 1973-05-26
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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 Survivor
Overview: After WWII Comisarul Moldovan spent years as a political prisoner of the communist regime. The favorite entertainment of the Russian Colonel in charge of the prison was to have the inmates play Russian Roulette. Only his unbelievable luck and survivor spirit helped Moldovan live through his detention. Out of the prison the ex-policeman joins an international Russian Roulette illegal gaming circuit. In late 70's faith brings him to a Central European town where Goldberg, an old acquaintance of his is organizing an "improved" version of the game where two opponents are shooting each other. Step by step Moldovan meets lots of familiar faces, both friends and enemies. It looks like the whole Bucharest's underworld from the 40's chose to meet here.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 2008-04-10
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I, You, and Ovidiu
Overview: A witty and cheerful musical comedy made under the Communist regime.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 1978-02-27
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Cucoana Chirița
Overview: The Bârzoi manor comes back to life when the lady of the house, Chirița, sends news that she will be soon coming back from Paris. As the City of Light has changed her views on the world, the family and the help must follow.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 1986-05-11
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The Mysteries of Bucharest
Overview: The Principality of Wallachia with the capital Bucharest (today a region of Romania) before the Revolution of the year 1848. A couple of secret societies are working to chase away the Prince Gheorge Bibescu from his throne, arms are transported on secret ways, preparing the first popular revolts in Bucharest, as the first act of the Revolution of 1848, which revolution is the first impulse of the later act of the Union of the Wallachia with Moldova (Romanian United Principalities in 1862, Kingdom of Romania in 1881 and Kingdom of Greater Romania 1918, with Transylvania, Bukovina and Bessarabia).
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 1983-09-12
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The Boss of Champignol
Overview: Claudius finds a foal and takes it home to his boss. The men who stole the animal are looking for him. Claudius names him Champignol and trains him for racing. When he grows up, Champignol wins a regional race. But the thieves return, and Claudius is forced to do odd jobs to keep his horse.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1966-03-16
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The Redhead
Overview: During the summer of 1944, while Romanians turn weapons against Nazis, Mihai, an orphan teenager whose parents died in a bombing, tries to enlist in order to fight in the front line but he discovers that former police commissioner Potra tortured and beaten prisoners, including his father, who was political detained. Mihai will fight to bring Potra in front of the justice.
Genres: Adventure Drama War
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 1976-12-20
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The Poseidon Explosion
Overview: A group of firefighters discover explosives on an abandoned ship which threatens the local city
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 1973-07-01
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The third deadly jump
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Genres: Action
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 1980-07-21
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I have an Idea
Overview: Some party representatives want to make a new football team.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 1981-01-01
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The Baron of the Locks
Overview: The lucky Baron wins a boat in a card game and takes off with his former lover to find new adventures. Adverse circumstances land them in a small town, where the Baron's seafaring companion leaves for more attractive scenery offered by a wealthy local man. Meanwhile, there is a certain charming cafe owner that the Baron finds irresistible -- at least for awhile.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1960-04-13
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White Trial
Overview: Matei recollects events of the year 1944 in order to prove the innocence of a friend. Based on "Șoseaua Nordului" (Northern Highway) novel by Eugen Barbu.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 1966-02-14
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Melodii, melodii
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Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 1978-07-23
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Expresul de Buftea
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-07-13
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The Dowry of Lady Ralu
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Genres: History Adventure
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 1972-04-09
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The Axe
Overview: A breathtaking story in which a woman goes in search of her husband.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 1969-10-27
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The Silver Mask
Overview: Agatha Slatineanu, together with the alleged banker Troianoff, rob the boyar Valcu of a treasure collected in order to buy the throne. However, the gold is recovered by Margelatu for the benefit of the "Brotherhood".
Genres: Adventure History Action
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 1985-05-25
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Miss Litoral
Overview: Nea Costel and her consort, Didona, want their daughter, Tina, to participate in the Miss Litoral beauty contest. But Tina is in love with a shy and jealous boy who does not see in Tina a beauty of the kind that appears on the covers of magazines and wants to keep her only for himself.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 1991-05-27
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Oil
Overview: When a huge fire erupts at an oil field in the wilds of the Sahara Desert, an American who specializes in fighting oil-field fires and his team are called in to put it out. As the fire rages out of control, the expert finds that he not only has to battle the fire but greed and political corruption as well.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 1977-02-28
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The Outlaws
Overview: First of 2 films set during the 18th century in the mountains of Wallachia, about a band of outlaws aiming to undermine the rule of the Phanariots and the Ottomans. The story evolves around the two stepbrothers who lead this band, Sarbu and Amza, with their complex and violent relationship.
Genres: Action Adventure History
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 1966-04-21
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Un petic de cer
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 1984-01-23
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Hot Days
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Genres: Action
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 1976-01-01
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Felix and Otilia
Overview: In this monumental Romanian film, a large family and its many generations vie for advantage, seeking to win the inheritance sure to be left behind by a wealthy older man of the clan. This movie is based on a popular novel by George Calinescu, and is similar in some ways to England's BBC television series, The Forsythe Saga, based on Galsworthy's books. Along the way, stories of friendship, love and rivalry emerge. In one story, a poor young man is disappointed in love as his girl chooses lucre over love in selecting a mate.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 1972-03-20
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Brigade Miscellaneous in the Mountains and at the Sea
Overview: Misc. Brigade must solve a drug traffic case, in their own way
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 1971-01-01
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Crew for Singapore
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Genres: Adventure Drama Action
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 1981-01-01
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Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
Overview: Charming and innocent, Candide is vigorously chased away by the Baron, for his close encounters with the pretty Cunégonde. World War II breaks out, and when he is drafted and taken prisoner, he is forced to take German nationality and ends up guarding the camp where he was imprisoned. He crossed into Switzerland, but as he had no bank account, he was incarcerated for eight days for trespassing. Hunted by the Gestapo, he kills two men to free Cunégonde, who has finally been found. They both flee to Argentina, and their world tour begins. In Paris, Moscow, New York, Borneo and Alexandria. They try to follow Dr. Pangloss' optimistic rule of life. Tossed about, separated, they find themselves grown old and wiser, thinking only of cultivating their garden on the shores of the Mediterranean.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1960-12-16
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Păcală se întoarce
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Genres: Adventure Comedy
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 2006-06-09
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The Turquoise Necklace
Overview: The kidnapping of a Viennese banker and his daughter threatens to trigger a diplomatic scandal, which could result in the entry of Austrian armies into the country. Margelatu thwarts this attempt and clears up the story.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 1986-03-03
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The Revenge of the Outlaws
Overview: Second of 2 films set during the 18th century in the mountains of Wallachia, about a band of outlaws aiming to undermine the rule of the Phanariots and the Ottomans. The story evolves around the two stepbrothers who lead this band, Sarbu and Amza, with their complex and violent relationship.
Genres: History Action
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 1968-04-23
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The Outlaws of Sevenhorses
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Genres: Adventure History
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 1971-03-27
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Săptămâna nebunilor
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Genres: Adventure
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 1971-07-11
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The Martens Brothers
Overview: Historical movie based on the "The Martens Brothers" (Romanian: Frații Jderi) novel. The movie is in the top 20 most watched Romanian movies.
Genres: History
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 1974-06-05
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Stejar, extremă urgență
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Genres: War
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 1973-01-01
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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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Farewell, Dear Nela!
Overview: When a rich Romanian lawyer aims to find his 2 long-lost sons and inheritors he places an ad in the newspaper but many crooks show up instead.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 1972-06-30
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The Second Fall of Constantinople
Overview: A romanian comedy from 1994
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 1994-01-06
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We Do Not Film Just for Fun
Overview: This is a comedic meta-movie about making a movie on the Romanian seaside. The movie made is about some low level black market traffickers.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 1975-03-24
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Operation 'The Bus'
Overview: In 1950 a Western spy is clandestinely parachuted into Communist Romania to retrieve secret WW2 codes and agent lists and also to assist a group of anti-Communist guerrillas escape but the Communist police is setting a trap.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 1978-01-16
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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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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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Secretul lui Nemesis
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 1987-11-02
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September
Overview: After he fails to be accepted in college, Vali is questioned by police for participating in various thefts. He needs an alibi and he thinks the best one would be his father in Bucharest. To get there, he steals a motorcycle. In Bucharest he meets store clerk Anișoara, and he invites her to a seaside escapade. Their one day of love and future optimism is ended abruptly by a tragic motorcycle accident.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 1978-04-03
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Iancu Jianu, Tax Collector
Overview: The movie details the struggle of Iancu Jianu as he's torn between joining the struggle of the poor peasants from which he came from and being on the other side of the law working for the rich.
Genres: History Action Drama
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 1981-02-09
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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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Every Day I Miss You
Overview: A young girl is cast for a musical comedy, but she refuses after her father doesn't let her play in it. After that, more offers emerge, along with a hit song dedicated to her from a infatuated admirer.
Genres: Music
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 1988-05-23
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Attack in the Library
Overview: Andrei Mladin, a young investigative reporter, is set up for two murders by a criminal that he brought to justice earlier.
Genres: Crime Mystery
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 1993-02-28
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The Kidnapping of the Maidens
Overview: In 19th century Wallachia war-bands of Ottoman Turks from across the Danube river raid Wallachia with impunity, while Wallachia's Phanariote rulers don't oppose them.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 1968-03-12
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The Escape
Overview: Two Romanian soldiers manage to escape from a camp in Tatra mountains, Czechoslovakia.
Genres: War Action
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 1975-08-18
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The Man We Need
Overview: A concrete expert is torn between his family, who wants to settle in a city, and his work, which requires constant relocating.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 1979-11-16
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The Court Adjourns the Sentencing
Overview: A judge is tasked to investigate a mining accident.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 1976-06-07
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Shootings Under the Moonlight
Overview: During 1947 Romania's Communist Security Forces hunt down the last anti-Communist resistance fighters in the remote mountain villages of Transylvania.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 1977-12-12
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Asediul
Overview: A communist prefect saves the day, saves the night, saves the building and the people. A communist prefect saves the day, saves the night, saves the building and the people.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-08-21
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Grandpa and Two Young Offenders
Overview: A police officer is investigating the disappearance of a colleague's young boy. His key seems to be the "dark skinned" friend of the boy about whom nobody cares, including the police.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 1976-11-22
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Arms of Afrodite
Overview: A Romanian construction company is contracted to build a sea port in Morocco. In the process they find some roman artifacts.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 1979-03-26
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The Major and Death
Overview: A police major is investigating a gangster.
Genres: Thriller Action
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 1967-06-19
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The Canary and the Blizzard
Overview: In the winter of 1933, an illegalist (a communist, member of a political party a party outlawed at the time) assumes the mission of a wounded colleague to transmit a secret message.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 1970-09-21
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Gloria nu cîntă
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Genres: Music
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 1977-05-16
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ROMing
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 2007-05-31
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Anything for Soccer
Overview: In a small provincial town everything goes well, apart from sports activities. The local soccer team is on the verge of relegation. But the ones responsible with the team are ready to do "everything for soccer", even match-fixing.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-12-18
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Too Little for Such a Big War
Overview: A young boy becomes callous to the deaths and battles that rage on during World War II. He and his friends follow a peasant soldier of a Rumanian troop as they march to join the Russians in fighting the Nazis. He watches as one of his friends dies after destroying a German machine gun nest. He is slapped by a Rumanian soldier who is livid over the boy's nonchalance of his friend's death. He becomes a mascot of the advancing unit as they proceed to a castle in Czechoslovakia. When the men dress in armor for a group picture, they are killed by the Nazis. The boy returns to find the men have been wiped out and he is taken prisoner by a German soldier. The Nazi falls victim to marauding peasants seeking revenge. They rescue the young warrior and escort him back to his home in Rumania.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 1970-02-03
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