
Leopoldina Bălănuță
1934 - 1998Ion: Blestemul pământului, blestemul iubirii
Mircea Mureșan
Şerban Ionescu, Ioana Crăciunescu
Jon, a young peasant love more "the land" than his engaged girlhood, Florica.Just when Ion thinks he has become master of his own land, he realizes that he has betrayed his heart, and that he is still in love with Florica, not with his wife. It is the curse of love that will be Ion's undoing. Badly mistreated, Ana, his wife, is driven to despair and she hangs herself. Ion, now free and wealthy, believes that the time has come for him to have Florica. Florica's husband, George waylays Ion and savagely murders him with a hoe.
Ion: The Lust for the Land, the Lust for Love
The Stone Wedding
Mircea Veroiu, Dan Pița
Leopoldina Bălănuță, Eliza Petrăchescu
Two bleak stories about absent love. In the first, a widow is working hard in a desperate attempt to save her dying daughter. The second tells the story of two wandering singers who kidnap a bride from her wedding.
The Stone Wedding
Dacii
Sergiu Nicolaescu
Pierre Brice, Marie-José Nat
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.
The Dacians
The Sign of the Serpent
Mircea Veroiu
Ovidiu Iuliu Moldovan, Leopoldina Bălănuță
This movie retells the story of a revenge that sweeps over the social and political events of the '40s. Because they sent her son to war and he never came back, his tough mother, Ecaterina Handraburu, decides to have her revenge on those who plotted to leave her heirless and grab her possessions.
The Sign of the Serpent
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Gheorghe Turcu
Leopoldina Bălănuță, Victor Rebengiuc
The Romanian Ministry of State Security has learned that foreign intelligence is hunting for plans for blue mines, where strategic raw materials are mined. This task is carried out by a gang led by a spy named Sea Cat.
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