Directing

Virgil Calotescu

Born January 16, 1928 · Dobroteasa, Argeş, România

Died May 6, 1991 · aged 63

Virgil Calotescu was a prolific Romanian film director, known for his extensive work in both documentary and feature films. He graduated from the Faculty of History at the University of Bucharest in 1950 and began his career at the Sahia Film studio, debuting with the documentary Daruri smulse naturii in 1952. Calotescu directed nearly 50 films between 1952 and 1987, often collaborating with scre…

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Bucharest Identity Card

Bucharest Identity Card · 1982

Bucharest Identity Card

A provincial young girl, a farming engineer, does not want to return to the countryside on graduating, but stay in the capital. But she needs a Bucharest identity card to do this. Her solution is to "buy" a husband...

The White Room

The White Room · 1965

A simple story about a man who, in saving another man - whom he does not know - suffers all the consequences of an accident and the implications that medicine catalogs in the name of science.

Re-enactment

Re-enactment · 1960

MovieDocumentary

In 1959, in Romania, six former members of the nomenclature and the secret police organize a hold up of the National Bank. After their arrest, the state forces them to play themselves in a film which reconstitutes the crime and the investigation. At the end of their trial, filmed live, they are sentenced to death and executed. except the women, Monica Sevianu that due to the fact that she had 2 children she was punished to do hard work for life.

Operation 'The Bus'

Operation 'The Bus' · 1978

Operation 'The Bus'

MovieActionCrime

In 1950 a Western spy is clandestinely parachuted into Communist Romania to retrieve secret WW2 codes and agent lists and also to assist a group of anti-Communist guerrillas escape but the Communist police is setting a trap.

Repeated Wedding

Repeated Wedding · 1985

Repeated Wedding

MovieComedyRomance

Sequel to the comedy *Bucharest Identity Card*: After a turbulent marriage and divorce, Silvia and Radu part ways, only to be reunited in Bolintin—she as an agricultural engineer, he as a veterinarian—where they rediscover their bond.

The War of the Princesses

The War of the Princesses · 1970

The War of the Princesses

MovieActionComedy

Lured by the treasure of Moldavia and supplies, Sobieski, king of the Poles, orders the attack on the fortress of Neamț, and Captain Ghinda organizes the betrayal. In view of the overwhelming majority of the lezs, they send the young Ioana to the king, but the traitor Ghinda also covets her. And so, in the Moldavian camp, new idylls and intrigues keep brewing until all that is left of the fortress are the ruins.

Ana and the Thief

Ana and the Thief · 1981

Ana and the Thief

A young man is freed from prison. The communists are reforming him.

Love Begins on Friday

Love Begins on Friday · 1972

Love Begins on Friday

MovieDramaRomance

A high school graduate, disappointed by the failure to be accepted in college, finds balance amongst the coworkers at her new job in a factory.

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Bucharest Identity Card

Bucharest Identity Card · 1982

Bucharest Identity Card

A provincial young girl, a farming engineer, does not want to return to the countryside on graduating, but stay in the capital. But she needs a Bucharest identity card to do this. Her solution is to "buy" a husband...

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The White Room

The White Room · 1965

A simple story about a man who, in saving another man - whom he does not know - suffers all the consequences of an accident and the implications that medicine catalogs in the name of science.

Director

Re-enactment

Re-enactment · 1960

MovieDocumentary

In 1959, in Romania, six former members of the nomenclature and the secret police organize a hold up of the National Bank. After their arrest, the state forces them to play themselves in a film which reconstitutes the crime and the investigation. At the end of their trial, filmed live, they are sentenced to death and executed. except the women, Monica Sevianu that due to the fact that she had 2 children she was punished to do hard work for life.

Director

Operation 'The Bus'

Operation 'The Bus' · 1978

Operation 'The Bus'

MovieActionCrime

In 1950 a Western spy is clandestinely parachuted into Communist Romania to retrieve secret WW2 codes and agent lists and also to assist a group of anti-Communist guerrillas escape but the Communist police is setting a trap.

Director

Repeated Wedding

Repeated Wedding · 1985

Repeated Wedding

MovieComedyRomance

Sequel to the comedy *Bucharest Identity Card*: After a turbulent marriage and divorce, Silvia and Radu part ways, only to be reunited in Bolintin—she as an agricultural engineer, he as a veterinarian—where they rediscover their bond.

Director

The War of the Princesses

The War of the Princesses · 1970

The War of the Princesses

MovieActionComedy

Lured by the treasure of Moldavia and supplies, Sobieski, king of the Poles, orders the attack on the fortress of Neamț, and Captain Ghinda organizes the betrayal. In view of the overwhelming majority of the lezs, they send the young Ioana to the king, but the traitor Ghinda also covets her. And so, in the Moldavian camp, new idylls and intrigues keep brewing until all that is left of the fortress are the ruins.

Director

Ana and the Thief

Ana and the Thief · 1981

Ana and the Thief

A young man is freed from prison. The communists are reforming him.

Director

Love Begins on Friday

Love Begins on Friday · 1972

Love Begins on Friday

MovieDramaRomance

A high school graduate, disappointed by the failure to be accepted in college, finds balance amongst the coworkers at her new job in a factory.

Director

Three Secret Letters

Three Secret Letters · 1974

Three Secret Letters

A director of a shipyard abusively fires a foreman who has opposing ideas.

Director

Promisses

Promisses · 1985

Problems ensue once a girl finds about her biological father which tries to be a part of her life.

Director

Uncertain Roads

Uncertain Roads · 1979

Uncertain Roads

Octavian Borcea, a middle aged peasant, goes through a social crisis when he decides to re-marry with a widower. He visits all his 5 children, then he returns in the village, where he burned his bridges.

Director

The "S" Network

The "S" Network · 1980

The "S" Network

Industrial espionage movie, in communist Romania.

Director

The Last Frontier of Death

The Last Frontier of Death · 1979

The Last Frontier of Death

MovieDramaAction

Inspired by the Moisei massacre in 1944 northern Transylvania.

Director

The Last Night of Loneliness

The Last Night of Loneliness · 1976

The Last Night of Loneliness

The movie depicts a peasant with a very strong personality that copes with the changes in the Romanian village.

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