Mircea Drăgan

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Mircea Drăgan

Born October 3, 1932 · Gura Ocniţei, Dâmboviţa, România

Died October 31, 2017 · aged 85

Mircea Drăgan was a Romanian film director. He directed 23 films between 1955 and 1992. His 1961 film Thirst was entered into the 2nd Moscow International Film Festival where it won the Silver Prize.

Known For

Chirița în IașiChirița în Iași · 1988
Chirița în Iași
8.01988
MovieComedy
Pretentious Chirita weaves big matrimonial plans, because oh, oh what a pain / to have unmarried girls!. Dissatisfied with the boyars who aspire to the hand of her daughters, she descends in Iasi with the opportunity to find them better suitors. Entanglements, chases, travesties, fainting, tricks, twirls, romances, serenades, a king of triviality given as humor and irony.
Stephen the Great: Vaslui 1475Stephen the Great: Vaslui 1475 · 1975
Stephen the Great: Vaslui 1475
7.61975
MovieActionDrama
In 1475 when Stephen the Great, ruler of Moldavia is facing an invading Ottoman army of 120 000 men, the fate of Christian Europe largely depends on the battle's outcome.
Lupeni 29Lupeni 29 · 1963
Lupeni 29
8.01963
MovieDrama
Based on true events. In the Romanian town of Lupeni August 5, 1929, driven to despair by hard labor conditions miners under the leadership of Communists organized a strike. The miners demanded higher wages and an eight-hour workday. They opposed the government's attempts to shift the entire burden of the economic crisis onto the workers' shoulders. The government, concerned about the scale of the strike and the workers' determination not to give in to their demands, ordered troops to shoot at unarmed people. On August 7, the strike was brutally suppressed. Many workers were killed. But these events have forever gone down in the history of the Romanian labor movement as an example of solidarity, heroism and invincibility of the people.
GolgothaGolgotha · 1966
Golgotha
7.81966
MovieDramaHistory
Six widows demand compensation for the death of their husbands, who were killed during a worker's strike. The women are arrested and taken to the police quarters, where the authorities try to make them retract their statements, but it turns out they're not so easily intimidated.
Brigade Miscellaneous on AlertBrigade Miscellaneous on Alert · 1971
Brigade Miscellaneous on Alert
7.21971
MovieComedyAction
The adventures of three Romanian inept petty criminals during the 1970s.
Cucoana ChirițaCucoana Chirița · 1986
Cucoana Chirița
8.21986
MovieMusicComedy
The Bârzoi manor comes back to life when the lady of the house, Chirița, sends news that she will be soon coming back from Paris. As the City of Light has changed her views on the world, the family and the help must follow.
Brigade Miscellaneous in the Mountains and at the SeaBrigade Miscellaneous in the Mountains and at the Sea · 1971
Brigade Miscellaneous in the Mountains and at the Sea
7.91971
MovieComedy
Misc. Brigade must solve a drug traffic case, in their own way
Attack in the LibraryAttack in the Library · 1993
Attack in the Library
7.01993
MovieCrimeMystery
Andrei Mladin, a young investigative reporter, is set up for two murders by a criminal that he brought to justice earlier.

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Lupeni 29Lupeni 29 · 1963
Lupeni 29
8.01963
MovieDrama
Based on true events. In the Romanian town of Lupeni August 5, 1929, driven to despair by hard labor conditions miners under the leadership of Communists organized a strike. The miners demanded higher wages and an eight-hour workday. They opposed the government's attempts to shift the entire burden of the economic crisis onto the workers' shoulders. The government, concerned about the scale of the strike and the workers' determination not to give in to their demands, ordered troops to shoot at unarmed people. On August 7, the strike was brutally suppressed. Many workers were killed. But these events have forever gone down in the history of the Romanian labor movement as an example of solidarity, heroism and invincibility of the people.

Director

Intoarcerea VlasinilorIntoarcerea Vlasinilor · 1984
Intoarcerea Vlasinilor
8.51984
MovieHistory
The action of the movie unfolds on two levels. On the one hand, the shepherds, displaced by the abuses of the Habsburg powers, are living in "the country". Here they run into other troubles, with the demands of the Phanariot authorities. At the same time, the action unfolds in the village deserted by people and flocks, left at home and obsessed with getting rich, Pastor Nicolae Branga gives in to the temptations of the Viennese domination and, betraying his fellow countrymen, becomes mayor. He gets rich "overnight", playing into the hands of potentates on both sides of the border. In need of wool and meat, the emperors hatch a devious plan. Promising him the title of "nemes" (lord), they corrupt Branga and, with worthless documents, try to persuade the villagers to return to their homes, and then declare them "serfs", seizing all their wealth.

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