Acting
Emil Botta
Born September 17, 1911 · Adjud, Vrancea, Romania
Died July 24, 1977 · aged 65
No biography available.
Known For
The Dacians · 1967The Dacians
★ 7.11967
MovieWarDrama
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 his daughter Meda. Septimius Severus, a young Roman devoted to his adopted country, must make the choice between his blood origins and the culture he was introduced to.
Reconstruction · 1968Reconstruction
★ 6.71968
MovieDramaComedy
A prosecutor, policemen and teacher take the students Vuica and Nicu to a restaurant to re-enact their drunken brawl there, and have it filmed to show the effects of alcoholism.
Faust XX · 1966Faust XX
★ 6.61966
MovieComedyFantasy
A terminally ill professor gets an immoral offer.
Forest of the Hanged · 1965Forest of the Hanged
★ 6.61965
MovieDramaHistory
In 1916 as an officer in the Habsburg Army ethnic Romanian Apostol Bologa is torn between remaining loyal to the Habsburgs or deserting to the Romanian Army across enemy lines.
The Premiere · 1976The Premiere
★ 8.21976
MovieComedy
In the Free Theater (Teatrul Liber) of Bucharest, the actors and crew prepare a new show, with the play "Disguise" ("Travesti"). After the opening night, which is only partly successful, they reach the conclusion that, along the years, they came to the mistake of also disguising this true feelings, becoming hypocrites, and this has a negative effect to their stage performances too.
The Uprising · 1966The Uprising
★ 7.31966
MovieHistoryDrama
After years of deplorable conditions of poverty and injustice, peasants revolt against the landowners, the social elite, and police in this routine social drama. A peasant woman is raped by a lecherous wealthy lesbian, and chaos breaks out in the rural areas where the poor suffer the most from the oppressive social and economic conditions.
Life Doesn't Spare · 1959Life Doesn't Spare
★ 5.81959
MovieDrama
Dying in the trenches during World War II, Stefan looks back at his own life and that of his father. Through his memories, the film presents a story that embraces two generations and various eras. It is a film about the tragedy of lives dragged into conflicts against their will, of lives violently ruined or ended – a story about the devastating consequences of war. Interweaving past and present, the flashback narrative depicts the war as a perpetual situation where the “little people” always turn out to be on the losing side.
Steps to the Moon · 1963Steps to the Moon
★ 8.71963
MovieScience FictionComedy
An aspiring astronaut prepares his ship for take-off, plugs in a razor and causes a blackout. In the deep darkness the boy imagines himself meeting the literary characters who have enthralled readers past with their stories of space travel.






