Writing

Ioan Grigorescu

Born October 19, 1930 · Ploieşti, Prahova, România

Died March 26, 2011 · aged 80

No biography available.

Known For

OilOil · 1977
Oil
★ 5.51977
MovieActionAdventure
When a huge fire erupts at an oil field in the wilds of the Sahara Desert, an American who specializes in fighting oil-field fires and his team are called in to put it out. As the fire rages out of control, the expert finds that he not only has to battle the fire but greed and political corruption as well.
Day DDay D · 1985
Day D
1985
MovieHistoryDrama
23 August 1944. The Romanian Army turns their weapons against Nazi Germany and allies with the Soviets. This is the original version of "The Mirror"(1994), made in the communist era.
Merriment WardMerriment Ward · 1964
Merriment Ward
★ 6.71964
MovieComedy
How a worker family living in a worker neighborhood of between wars Bucharest come involved with the communist movement.
The Old Court LibertinesThe Old Court Libertines · 1996
The Old Court Libertines
★ 7.11996
MovieDramaRomance
Pasadia, Pantazi, and Cara team up with the ruffian Pîrgu, because “everything is vanity”. For these princes of lost nights, the only sacred thing is friendship, and “the mutt” is the best guide on a journey through the night.
The RingThe Ring · 1984
The Ring
★ 7.01984
MovieDrama
Andrei is now a truck driver, but in one of his travels to Germany, he must become once again a boxer just for one night at the middleweight category.
The Canary and the BlizzardThe Canary and the Blizzard · 1970
The Canary and the Blizzard
★ 6.51970
MovieDrama
In the winter of 1933, an illegalist (a communist, member of a political party a party outlawed at the time) assumes the mission of a wounded colleague to transmit a secret message.
The Green Grass of HomeThe Green Grass of Home · 1977
The Green Grass of Home
★ 6.61977
MovieDrama
After refusing to compromise at his job, a university professor leaves the city and returns to his native village for the first time in many years.
Felix and OtiliaFelix and Otilia · 1972
Felix and Otilia
★ 6.21972
MovieDrama
Young Felix moves into his eccentric uncle’s house and is immediately drawn to the enigmatic Otilia, a free-spirited woman who lives by her own rules. Love, inheritance games, decaying mansions, and fragile hearts collide in this elegant adaptation of George Călinescu’s novel Enigma Otiliei.

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Train of GoldTrain of Gold · 1986
Train of Gold
★ 5.31986
MovieWarAdventure
First days of September 1939. The government decides to transport the Polish gold stored in the treasury of the National Bank of Poland out of the threatened Warsaw. A convoy is formed under the command of the man for special tasks, Major Bobruk. A string of trucks and city buses travel along crowded roads under relentless attack by aircraft. The convoy makes its way through Lublin to Romanian territory, where the gold will be reloaded onto a train. Prime Minister Calinescu, disregarding the threats of the Nazis, agrees to the transit of the precious bullion through his country. The evacuation of the gold is threatened all the time by a special German sabotage group under the command of Second Lieutenant Rudolf Lang.

Screenplay