Soundtrack: Theodor Grigoriu

Direction Liviu Ciulei

Cast Victor Rebengiuc · Anna Széles · Stefan Ciubotarasu · György Kovács

Synopsis Romanian actor and director Liviu Ciulei’s Pădurea Spânzuratilor (The Forest of the Hanged) adapted from a novel by Liviu Rebreanu, appeared in competition at Cannes in 1965 where it received the Best Director award. The thrilling historical masterpiece takes place...

Direction Sergiu Nicolaescu

Cast Pierre Brice · Marie-José Nat · Georges Marchal · Amza Pellea

Synopsis 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...

Direction Henri Colpi

Cast Alexandru Virgil Platon · Françoise Brion · Nelly Borgeaud

Synopsis An ex-convict struggles to survive by brute force alone in a turn-of-the-century slum in Bucharest. Codine (Alexandre Virgil Platon) is the thug who served 10 years for murdering a friend. He returns home to his miserly mother, whose penny-pinching ways...

Direction Mircea Dragan

Cast Richard Johnson · Antonella Lualdi · Ilarion Ciobanu · Amedeo Nazzari

Synopsis The Roman Emperor Trajan has just murdered all the local men of Dacia and holds a military stronghold in what will later become Rumania. He places a Roman centurion in his place to occupy his latest conquest. After lopping off...

Direction Liviu Ciulei

Cast Liviu Ciulei · Irina Petrescu · Lazar Vrabie · Stefan Ciubotarasu

Direction Mircea Dragan

Cast Radu Beligan · Gheorghe Dinica · Toma Caragiu · Dem Radulescu

Synopsis When a big ocean liner's cargo of fertilizer catches fire, it causes an explosion and pretty soon, the whole ship is ablaze. A helpful newlywed passing by in a canoe and a stowaway help try to fight the fire.

Direction Mircea Dragan

Cast Draga Olteanu Matei · Ioana Dragan · Viorica Farkas · Réka Nagy

Direction Gheorghe Vitanidis

Cast George Constantin · Ion Dichiseanu · Emanoil Petrut · Alexandru Repan

Synopsis This is the story of the Dacian war-leader Burebista who ruled between 80-44 B.C.and founded a strong Dacian Kingdom despite considerable pressure from the neighboring Celtic warlords and the Greek cities of the Black Sea coast.Also,King Burebista was careful to...

Direction Liviu Ciulei

Cast Eva Christian · Lucia Mara Dabija · Lica Gheorghiu · Graziela Albini

Synopsis The eruption of an oil well is much needed for the survival of the workers and their families living nearby.

Direction Mircea Dragan

Cast Gheorghe Cozorici · Gheorghe Dinica · Violeta Andrei · Toma Dimitriu

Synopsis In 1475 when Stephen the Great ruler of Moldavia is facing an invading Ottoman army of 120 000 men the fate of Christian Europe largely depends on the battle's outcome.