Radu Gabrea

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Radu Gabrea

Born June 20, 1937 · Bucharest, Romania

Died February 9, 2017 · aged 79

Radu Bartholomeu Gabrea was a Romanian filmmaker, director and screenwriter.

Known For

The Beheaded RoosterThe Beheaded Rooster · 2007
The Beheaded Rooster
★ 4.82007
MovieDrama
A moving coming of age story in a time of extreme change: on August 23, 1944 in a small city in Romanian Transylvania, the 16 year old Felix Goldschmidt awaits his classmates for their traditional Exitus Party (school graduation). However, this very day the kingdom of Romania takes leave of its ally of many years - Nazi Germany - thus ending the 800 year old, highly successful story of ethnic German immigration at the feet of the Carpathian Mountains. It is a great story of young people's blindness to the rise of Fascism, the destruction of bourgeois values, a first love and shattered friendships.
Bucharest MemoriesBucharest Memories · 1970
Bucharest Memories
★ 7.51970
MovieDocumentary
The capital city of Romania is documented from the turn of 20th century to the more modern times under post WWII Communism.
The Secret of the Ice CaveThe Secret of the Ice Cave · 1989
The Secret of the Ice Cave
★ 7.01989
MovieAdventure
A group of treasure-seekers embark on a expedition into high adventure as they race to discover what's really located in the mysterious ice cave.
A Man Like EvaA Man Like Eva · 1984
A Man Like Eva
★ 4.91984
MovieDrama
A bearded director named EVA, a fictive Rainer Werner Fassbinder, lives in a large house with his cast and crew as he films Dumas' Lady of the Camellias. His accountant informs him he has many unpaid bills and little cash on hand. EVA throws a fit and fires him. He then proceeds to play one person off against another, dismiss with cruelty his recent lover Ali, sleep openly with his leading lady Gudrun, and make a direct and public play for his leading man, Walter. He's mercurial, dictatorial, and manic. Will he finish the film, having drawn great performances from his actors through his manipulations, or will his antics set events in motion that spin out of his control?
Fürchte dich nicht, Jakob!Fürchte dich nicht, Jakob! · 1982
Fürchte dich nicht, Jakob!
★ 8.01982
MovieDrama
The village innkeeper Lejba Sibal and his pregnant wife Sura are threatened by Lejba's former farmhand Georg, who wants to kill them both at Easter. After Lejba has sought help from the authorities in vain, he decides to fight back himself.
CadencesCadences · 1967
Cadences
1967
MovieDrama
A nightmarish depiction of the confusion of a distinguished teacher who faces the lack of attention and obedience of the new generation of young rebels.
Gruber's JourneyGruber's Journey · 2009
Gruber's Journey
★ 8.02009
MovieDrama
During the German and Romanian invasion of Soviet Union in 1941, Italian writer Curzio Malaparte arrives in Iași to treat a severe allergy. Finding himself in a desperate situation, he tries to find a Jewish doctor, but soon discovers evidence of a devastating pogrom against the Jewish community. Seeking help in the midst of a city plunged in terror and confusion, Malaparte begins to uncover the horrors of an oppressive regime, in an atmosphere marked by indifference and hidden secrets.
Too Little for Such a Big WarToo Little for Such a Big War · 1970
Too Little for Such a Big War
★ 8.01970
MovieDramaWar
Inspired by true events, an orphaned boy raised by the regiment goes to the front in search of his best friend and faces terrifying experiences.

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