Acting

Ion Fiscuteanu

Born November 19, 1937 · Sânmihaiu de Câmpie, Bistrița, România

Died December 8, 2007 · aged 70

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ioan Fiscuteanu (19 November 1937 – 8 December 2007) was a Romanian theater and film actor. He last worked at the National Theater in Târgu-Mureş. He was born in Sânmihaiu de Câmpie, Bistriţa-Năsăud, Romania. The role of Dante Remus Lăzărescu in the 2005 film The Death of Mr. Lăzărescu brought Fiscuteanu critical acclaim, as well as the Golden Swan award for…

Known For

The Oak

The Oak · 1992

MovieComedyDrama

A description of Romania before Ceausescu's downfall, through the story of Nela. Daughter of a former colonel of the Securitate, the romanian political police. She refused to become like her sister, an agent of this Securitate, and lives with her father. After he died, she leaves Bucharest, and ends up in a little town, where she meets Mitica, a surgeon, another herself, laughing at everything.

The Death of Mr. Lazarescu

The Death of Mr. Lazarescu · 2005

The Death of Mr. Lazarescu

MovieDramaComedy

After suffering terrible headaches and stomach cramps, Mr. Lăzărescu, a lonely 63 year-old man, calls for an ambulance, beginning one man’s hellish journey through Bucharest hospitals in search of proper medical care. As the night unfolds, his health starts to deteriorate fast.

Zapping

Zapping · 2000

In a shabby apartment somewhere in Romania, a man obsessively zap between his TV channels despite the wife's complaints and nagging. But where his wife fails, a little man inside the TV will appear and tell Sotul a thing or two about the true mechanics of television zapping...

Undeva în Est

Undeva în Est · 1990

In the 1950s, a party activist travels to rural Transylvania to collec collectivize village farms. A wealthy householder resists attempts to make him give up his wealth, refusing to be brought down to the level of those who have never worked. The concept of collectivization is summed up by an indignant villager who, forced to work the land he no longer owns, bombards the party activist who claims that the land is still his: "You cut off my p..., put it in my hand and said, 'take it, it's still yours'.

Snapshot Around the Family Table

Snapshot Around the Family Table · 1980

Snapshot Around the Family Table

The exploits of an odd adulterous couple

Too Late

Too Late · 1996

MovieThrillerDrama

In post-communist Romania, young prosecutor Dumitru Costa is sent to investigate a miner's suspicious death in the Jiu Valley. As he delves deeper, he uncovers a network of corruption and negligence within the local mining community. Costa's pursuit of justice pits him against powerful interests, testing his resolve in a society struggling with the aftermath of transition.

The Brodcast Continues

The Brodcast Continues · 1985

The Brodcast Continues

Based on actual events which happened at the Radio Romania station in Bod-Brasov, during the beginning of the revolution for social liberation and for the country's national liberation, an anti-fascist and anti-imperialist revolution, on August 23, 1944. After King Michael I ousts the Nazi-allied dictator Ion Antonescu, Nazi troops struggle to recapture the Radio Romania station, their former headquarters in an attempt to regroup their forces, but are opposed by a determined band of anti-fascist fighters.

The Earth's Most Beloved Son

The Earth's Most Beloved Son · 1993

The Earth's Most Beloved Son

The life-story confession of a prisoner waiting for his trial. Victor Petrini, a promising intellectual in the 1950s and a lecturer in Philosophy is arrested by the repressive secret police, wrongly accused of espionage, and sentenced to prison and forced labor.

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The Oak

The Oak · 1992

MovieComedyDrama

A description of Romania before Ceausescu's downfall, through the story of Nela. Daughter of a former colonel of the Securitate, the romanian political police. She refused to become like her sister, an agent of this Securitate, and lives with her father. After he died, she leaves Bucharest, and ends up in a little town, where she meets Mitica, a surgeon, another herself, laughing at everything.

The Death of Mr. Lazarescu

The Death of Mr. Lazarescu · 2005

The Death of Mr. Lazarescu

MovieDramaComedy

After suffering terrible headaches and stomach cramps, Mr. Lăzărescu, a lonely 63 year-old man, calls for an ambulance, beginning one man’s hellish journey through Bucharest hospitals in search of proper medical care. As the night unfolds, his health starts to deteriorate fast.

Mr. Lăzărescu

Zapping

Zapping · 2000

In a shabby apartment somewhere in Romania, a man obsessively zap between his TV channels despite the wife's complaints and nagging. But where his wife fails, a little man inside the TV will appear and tell Sotul a thing or two about the true mechanics of television zapping...

Telecomanda

Undeva în Est

Undeva în Est · 1990

In the 1950s, a party activist travels to rural Transylvania to collec collectivize village farms. A wealthy householder resists attempts to make him give up his wealth, refusing to be brought down to the level of those who have never worked. The concept of collectivization is summed up by an indignant villager who, forced to work the land he no longer owns, bombards the party activist who claims that the land is still his: "You cut off my p..., put it in my hand and said, 'take it, it's still yours'.

Snapshot Around the Family Table

Snapshot Around the Family Table · 1980

Snapshot Around the Family Table

The exploits of an odd adulterous couple

Tereblecu

Too Late

Too Late · 1996

MovieThrillerDrama

In post-communist Romania, young prosecutor Dumitru Costa is sent to investigate a miner's suspicious death in the Jiu Valley. As he delves deeper, he uncovers a network of corruption and negligence within the local mining community. Costa's pursuit of justice pits him against powerful interests, testing his resolve in a society struggling with the aftermath of transition.

Oana

The Brodcast Continues

The Brodcast Continues · 1985

The Brodcast Continues

Based on actual events which happened at the Radio Romania station in Bod-Brasov, during the beginning of the revolution for social liberation and for the country's national liberation, an anti-fascist and anti-imperialist revolution, on August 23, 1944. After King Michael I ousts the Nazi-allied dictator Ion Antonescu, Nazi troops struggle to recapture the Radio Romania station, their former headquarters in an attempt to regroup their forces, but are opposed by a determined band of anti-fascist fighters.

The Earth's Most Beloved Son

The Earth's Most Beloved Son · 1993

The Earth's Most Beloved Son

The life-story confession of a prisoner waiting for his trial. Victor Petrini, a promising intellectual in the 1950s and a lecturer in Philosophy is arrested by the repressive secret police, wrongly accused of espionage, and sentenced to prison and forced labor.

Humanitarian Aid

Humanitarian Aid · 2002

Humanitarian Aid

Three young men from western Europe are bringing humanitarian aid to a remote Transylvanian village. They’ll also be the recipients of a little humanitarian aid themselves.

The Timișoara Syndrome

The Timișoara Syndrome · 2004

The Timișoara Syndrome

MovieDramaHistory

A perspective on the Romanian revolution which started in Timișoara.

Forest Fruit

Forest Fruit · 1983

The 17-year-old Amalia, the daughter of a widower lumberjack with many children, falls in love with a soldier. An irresponsible young man, the soldier refuses to admit that he is the father of the child to be born, as Amalia was just a fling in his eyes. Amalia decides to raise the kid all by herself, but she soon changes her mind…

Grigore

Grant Extenuating Circumstances?

Grant Extenuating Circumstances? · 1984

Grant Extenuating Circumstances?

MovieThrillerDrama

An investigation is launched following an accident at a chemical plant. During the investigation, Andrei, a young engineer at the plant, proves his moral qualities.

Plant Director

Asphalt Tango

Asphalt Tango · 1996

MovieComedyDrama

A desperate husband chases a bus full of beautiful women headed for Paris, France.

Taxi Driver

Glissando

Glissando · 1982

In 1930s Romania, a desperate gambler exploits an elderly man for casino luck, an act that triggers his own severe psychological undoing. Consumed by madness, he transfers his obsession to a painting that resembles his mother and forces his girlfriend to physically mimic the portrait, driving her to a suicide attempt. As she is committed to a sanatorium, his deranged mind completely detaches from reality against the backdrop of a decaying, pre-war fascist society.

Alexandru Agiu

Jacob

Jacob (Dorel Visan) is a gold miner who risks his life daily to support his wife, mother-in-law, and four children in this socio-political drama. Under the rule of an oppressive monarchy backed by military force, the miners often resort to stealing gold to compensate for their meager wages. Workers are subjected to strip searches and are forced to take laxatives by the often brutal guards and inspectors as they look for stolen gold, and Jacob raises his vocal objections over the treatment of his fellow workers.