The Actor and the Savages

1975 [ROMANIAN]

Comedy / Drama / Family / Musical

4
IMDb Rating 8.6/10 10 937 937

Director

Manole Marcus Photo
Manole Marcus

Top cast

Mircea Veroiu Photo
Mircea Veroiu as Legionarul
Constantin Draganescu Photo
Constantin Draganescu as
Cornel Popovici Photo
Cornel Popovici as Solist balet
Cornel Ciupercescu Photo
Cornel Ciupercescu as Legionarul
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1.29 GB
1280*554
Romanian 2.0
NR
25 fps
2 hr 24 min
Seeds 2
2.4 GB
1910*828
Romanian 2.0
NR
25 fps
2 hr 24 min
Seeds 4

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by z_urpst 10 / 10

A very painful, realistic description of the Nazi darkness age in Romania

Almost 10 years Romania have been under the dark and dreadful political influence of the Hitler's policy The movie show in the genial interpretation of the great Toma Caragiu how difficult was for the theater world to try to defend the freedom in their scenic life... In the final part of the movie, Toma Caragiu make an outstanding imitation of the Hitler's paranoid behavior, Marin Moraru is perfect playing the dumb steward and all the actors play with a strange enthusiasm that because in the real life the mind and soul of the regular citizen in Romania was poisoned by the dreadfully tyranny of the Ceasusescu's system.The difference was not to much between the two historical periods... only a couple of decades...
Reviewed by zazoo1 10 / 10

great film

This film is probably one of the best Romanian movies ever made. Great script, wonderful actors (among them, even the director Mircea Veroiu), ballet ensemble, good dramatic scenes, human mixture of comedy and drama, talking about a troubled period of history when tension was building beneath the apparent tranquility of everyday life. Small signals suggesting the end of Romania's golden age, between the two world wars, when our currency was stronger than today's major currencies. In my opinion, it is probably the most "Hollywood"-style films set in showbiz life, but still very Romanian. I also liked a lot Margareta Pogonat, as the star's understanding wife, and Marin Moraru, as the butler, another brilliant actor, an acting icon for entire generations. One of Toma Caragiu's unforgettable roles - that of a comedian teaching his people dignity at all costs.
Reviewed by ekisest 8 / 10

great role for Toma Caragiu

This film is an opportunity to watch great Romanian actors at work, under the direction of Manole Marcus, one of the first Romanian film makers that attended Film School (the first generation at the Academy of Theatre and Film in Bucharest). Toma Caragiu is portraying Constantin Tanase, a great Romanian comedian from the '30s. The film looks like a musical-comedy, but in fact is tragic. The historical background is carefully designed and crafted, starting with the costumes and ending with the grim atmosphere, suggested mainly through an attentive manipulation of light and shadows. Marcus took a pretty long shot with the subject, because Tanase was an "old-time" entertainer, from the the so-called "exploitation" period (that's how the communists called the years of monarchy in Romania). A careful watcher can observe the sympathy for the culture and civilization of that troubled time. Watch for Mircea Diaconu and Mircea Albulescu in two special appearances.
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