The best Ștefan Ciubotărașu’s movies
If you love cinema, you will share this ranking of the best Ștefan Ciubotărașu’s movies, although you may have ordered them differently. In any case, we hope you love it and with a little luck discovering a movie that you still don’t know about Ștefan Ciubotărașu.
The Column
7.7/10
The end of Trajan's Dacian Wars (106 AD), when south western Dacia was transformed into a Roman province: Roman Dacia.
Telegrams
8.1/10
Geared more for the home crowd with a good knowledge of their own history, this Romanian political comedy takes place at the turn of the 20th century, when two opposing factions are going at each other tooth and nail to win an election. One candidate is a staunch if not deluded conservative and the other is a radical liberal. Anticipating modern election campaigns by a good half a century, the two candidates decide that the best way to win is to sling as much mud as possible. Lacking the Internet and fifteen-second TV spots, they do the best they can -- they send each other virulent telegrams denouncing each other's personal failings.
The Thirst
6.7/10
The communists are taking over the boyar land and do the agrarian reform.
Eruption
7.2/10
The eruption of an oil well is much needed for the survival of the workers and their families living nearby.
The Storm
6/10
The Nazi troops are retreating from Romania. On a wester town, they have to be held back until some strategic trains can leave the train station.
The Soimaresti Clan
7.2/10
Vying for Principality of Moldavia's throne the descendants of Prince Stephen the Great start a bloody civil war in 1612.
The Avalanche
7.1/10
Porto-Franco
7.1/10
The out-of-time ambiance of Sulina/Europolis between wars is shaken up by the arrival of a former local from America.
Memories of My Childhood
8.1/10
Based on Ion Creanga's book, the story of a child from his childhood to his manhood.
Celebrul 702
7.9/10
Mîndrie
6.1/10
The Stranger
7.8/10
The love of two adolescents for the same girl, in 1944, which is disrupted by the demands of war. From the novel by Titus Popovici.
At the Age of Love
8.3/10
Mihai is expelled from college and sentenced to prison for a DUI accident. After his term in prison, he is hired at a construction site to be "re-educated"
The Waves of the Danube
7.4/10
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.
A World Wihout Sky
6.6/10
A movie about miner strikes in 1292 Jiu Valley. It is made from re-cutting and combining two previous movies, "Lupeni '29" and "Golgota", that were shot much earlier.
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Then the Legend was Born
7.1/10
Used to move along with the construction projects they were working for, a group of people decide that is time to settle.
The Mornings of a Sensible Youth
7.1/10
A young man leaves home after graduation from high school to make his way in the world and seek his independence. The story is told in flashbacks as the opening scene shows the man suffering injuries from a fall during his construction job as a welder.
The War of the Princesses
6.8/10
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