Virgo Sign

Virgo Sign

1967 · 82 min · ★ 6.8 · Drama

In the fall, under the sign of Virgo, in a Dobrogea village, the harvest festival is in progress. An amateur troupe is playing a scene with Afrodite, Dionysos and Neptune; but also dome old shamanic dances. Dița and Dionis are preparing for wedding. But the sins of their parents will weigh heavily on them.

Directed by Manole Marcus · Written by Mihnea Gheorghiu

Your Rating

Cast

Make it a double feature

2h 45m together

Virgo Sign

I Don't Want to Get Married

Both from Manole Marcus.

More from Manole MarcusSee all →

I Don't Want to Get Married

I Don't Want to Get Married · 1961

I Don't Want to Get Married

In a textile factory, the cultural supervisor falls in love with a typist. To impress her, he pretends to be friends with a famous composer whose operetta was to be performed by the company's artistic brigade. However, the typist, an uneducated woman, sees him only as a means to become the protected one of an influential person.

Operation 'The Monster'

Operation 'The Monster' · 1976

Operation 'The Monster'

A group of five work colleagues leave for an expedition in the Danube Delta, without letting their wives know anything about it. Going fishing and hunting, the characters end up in the funniest and ridiculous situations.

The Power and The Truth

The Power and The Truth · 1972

The Power and The Truth

This is a communist propaganda movie that follows the life of an engineer who is in conflict with power hungry apparatchiks.

Prides

Professor Cristian conducts research on a citostatic. He is still dealing though with the unjust condemning he suffered in the 50s. Some of the people around him try to bring him down with same type of accusations.

The Apple Trees

The Apple Trees

The Apple Trees

"The Apples" (1955) is the graduation film of two of the most important directors of the following decades, Iulian Mihu and Manole Marcus, and shows a young couple mocked by a nobleman because they had stolen some apples from his estate.

The Actor and the Savages

The Actor and the Savages · 1975

The Actor and the Savages

MovieComedyDrama

At Bucharest’s famous revue theater “Vox,” director Costică Caratase prepares a bold anti-fascist show despite growing threats from the Iron Guard. As pressure and violence escalate, he and his collaborators face persecution, turning their artistic resistance into an act of courage and sacrifice.

The Dragonfly Bag

The Dragonfly Bag · 1981

The Dragonfly Bag

Resistance fighters blow up munitions depots on a Danube port in Romania, and attack an armament supply convoy for the German troupes.

The Cyanide and the Raindrop

The Cyanide and the Raindrop · 1978

The Cyanide and the Raindrop

MovieCrimeMystery

Investigation into the death of a modest cashier.

The Man We Need

The Man We Need · 1979

The Man We Need

A concrete expert is torn between his family, who wants to settle in a city, and his work, which requires constant relocating.

Like in Films

Like in Films · 1983

An untalented writer’s attempts to craft a “lifelike” screenplay result in a run-of-the-mill policier.

Mitică Popescu

Mitică Popescu · 1984

Mitică Popescu

Mitică Popescu is a functionary at a bank and he is secretly in love with the owner. She is in financial trouble though, and she is about to lose the bank and everything she has. Mitică finds a way to help her.

Long Way to Tipperary

Long Way to Tipperary · 1973

Long Way to Tipperary

The movie is about the historic moment in which the PNȚ political party has attempted to form a government in exile to counteract the Petru Groza Russian puppet government. Obviously this is seen through the lenses of communist propaganda.

The Conspiracy

The Conspiracy · 1973

A propaganda movie about the confrontation between the communists and secret police, legionaires in Romania.

Merriment Ward

Merriment Ward · 1964

How a worker family living in a worker neighborhood of between wars Bucharest come involved with the communist movement.

The Canary and the Blizzard

The Canary and the Blizzard · 1970

The Canary and the Blizzard

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 Trap

The Trap · 1974

MovieCrimeAction

After defeating some Iron Guard gangs in Bucharest, those who survived were hiding somewhere in the mountains. Several bloody events took place in one of the smaller villages. In the unequal struggle with criminals entered the former police commissioner who meanwhile became a Major in Romanian Communist Police, Mihai Roman.

More Like This

Couldn't load this row right now.

Rate this film

Your ratings make Midnight smarter