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Oglinda
''Oglinda'' ("The Mirror"), also known as ''Începutul adevărului'' ("The Beginning of Truth"), is a controversial 1993 film by Romanian director Sergiu Nicolaescu. It depicts Romania during World War II, focusing on the Royal Coup of 23 August 1944 that toppled Ion Antonescu, the Axis-allied ''Conducător'' and authoritarian Prime Minister. Cast * as Ion Antonescu * as Michael I of Romania *Gheorghe Dinică as Mihai Antonescu * as Iuliu Maniu *George Constantin as Andrey Vyshinsky *Sergiu Nicolaescu as Johannes Frießner * as Adolf Hitler *Peter Wolf Joachim as Joachim von Ribbentrop *Șerban Ionescu as Lucrețiu Pătrășcanu *George Alexandru as * as Mircea Ionnițiu *Ștefan Iordache as Eugen Cristescu *Dorel Vișan as Petru Groza *Mitică Popescu as Dumitru Săracu *Emil Hossu as Colonel *Ion Lupu as General Constantin Sănătescu *Vladimir Găitan as Dinu Brătianu * as *Iurie Darie as Iorgu Ghica * as SS-Standartenführer * as Gheorghe Brătianu * as Marshal Fyodor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergiu Nicolaescu
Sergiu Florin Nicolaescu (; 13 April 1930 – 3 January 2013) was a Romanian film director, actor and politician. He was best known for his historical films, such as ''Mihai Viteazul'' (1970, released in English both under the equivalent title ''Michael the Brave'' and also as ''The Last Crusade''), '' Dacii'' (1966, ''Les Guerriers''), ''Războiul Independenței'' (1977, ''War of Independence''), as well as for his series of thrillers that take place in the interwar Kingdom of Romania, such as '' Un comisar acuză'' (1973, ''A Police Inspector Calls''). Joanna Pacuła starred in his film ''Ultima noapte de dragoste'' (''The Last Night of Love'') in 1980 before eventually emigrating to the United States, where he went on to a very successful career. Early life and education Nicolaescu was born in Târgu Jiu, Gorj County, but grew up in Timișoara, where his family moved when he was 5 years old. He graduated from the Politehnica University of Bucharest as a mechanical engine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucrețiu Pătrășcanu
Lucrețiu Pătrășcanu (; November 4, 1900 – April 17, 1954) was a Romanian communist politician and leading member of the Communist Party of Romania (PCR), also noted for his activities as a lawyer, sociologist and economist. For a while, he was a professor at the University of Bucharest. Pătrășcanu rose to a government position before the end of World War II and, after having disagreed with Stalinist tenets on several occasions, eventually came into conflict with the Romanian Communist government of Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej. He became a political prisoner and was ultimately executed. Fourteen years after Pătrășcanu's death, Romania's new communist leader, Nicolae Ceaușescu, endorsed his rehabilitation as part of a change in policy. Early life Pătrășcanu was born in Bacău to a leading political family, as the son of Poporanist figure Dimitrie D. Pătrășcanu (Lucrețiu's mother, Lucreția, was a scion of the Stoika family of Transylvanian petty nobility). He beca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gheorghe Dinică
Gheorghe Dinică (; 1 January 1934 – 10 November 2009) was a Romanian actor. Career Dinică showed an early interest in acting, being part of different amateur theater troupes since he was 17. In 1957, he entered The National Institute of Theatre and Cinematography Art in Bucharest. He graduated in 1961, already drawing public attention with the role of Inspector Goole in the graduation play ''An Inspector Calls''. Since then, Gheorghe Dinică performed for some of the most important Romanian theatres: * 1961-1967 ''Comedy Theatre'', Bucharest * 1968-1969 ''Bulandra Theatre'', Bucharest * since 1972 '' I.L.Caragiale National Theatre'', Bucharest Dinică was also a Romanian director and popular film actor, thus acting mostly in Romanian films. Like the French actor Alain Delon, Dinică refused to act in movies produced in the United States. Since 2002, Dinică was an honorary member of the society of ''I.L.Caragiale National Theatre''. He is also an honorary citizen of the city ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Alexandru
George Alexandru (; 21 November 1957 – 1 January 2016) was a Romanian film and theater actor. Filmography * ' (1978) * ' (1980) * ' (1983) * ' (1985) * '' Noi, cei din linia întâi'' (1985) * ''Figuranții'' (1987) * ''François Villon - Poetul vagabond'' (1987) * ''Drumeț în calea lupilor'' (1988) * ''Rezervă la start'' (1988) * ''Mircea'' (1989) * ''Cenușa păsării din vis'' (1989) * ''Coroana de foc'' (1990) * ''Escu'' (1990) - film TV * ''Drumul câinilor'' (1991) * ''Cezara'' (1991) * ''Cum vă place?'' (1992) * ''Înnebunesc și-mi pare rău'' (1992) * ''Balanța'' (1992) * ''Rămânerea'' (1992) * ''Chira Chiralina'' (1993) * ''Vulpe - vânător'' (1993) * ''Polul Sud'' (1993) * ''Oglinda'' (1994) * ''E pericoloso sporgersi'' (1994) * ''Asfalt Tango'' (1995) * ''Huntress: Spirit of the Night'' (1995) * ''Punctul zero'' (1996) * ''Omul zilei'' (1997) * ''Triunghiul Morții'' (1999) * '' Faimosul paparazzo'' (1999) * ''În fiecare zi Dumnezeu ne sărută pe gură'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Șerban Ionescu
Șerban Ionescu (; 23 September 1950 – 21 November 2012) was a Romanian actor, born in Corabia, Olt County.https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0409588 Ionescu was diagnosed with ALS in 2011 and died at Floreasca Emergency Hospital in Bucharest on 21 November 2012. Filmography * ''Ion: Blestemul pământului, blestemul iubirii'' (1979) * ''Capcana mercenarilor'' (1981) * ''Lumini și umbre'' (TV, 1981) * ''Lumini și umbre: Partea II'' (TV, 1982) * ''Imposibila iubire'' (1983) * ''Acasă'' (1984) * ''Furtună în Pacific'' (1985) * ''Marele premiu'' (1985) * ''Bătălia din umbră'' (1986) * ''Pădurea'' (1986) * ''Pădureanca'' (1987) * ''Martori dispăruți'' (1988) * ''Mircea Mircea is a Romanian masculine given name, a form of the South Slavic name Mirče (Мирче) that derives from the Slavic word ''mir'', meaning 'peace'. It may refer to: People Princes of Wallachia * Mircea I of Wallachia (1355–1418), a ...'' (1989) * ''Lacrima cerului'' (1989) * ''Cezara' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iurie Darie
Iurie Darie (; 14 March 1929 – 9 November 2012) was a Romanian actor. Biography He was born in Vadul-Rașcov, Soroca County, Kingdom of Romania. He studied at the Academy of Theatrical Arts and Cinematography in Bucharest, graduating in 1952. He made his film debut in 1953, playing Miron in ''The Bugler's Grandsons''. In 2002, Darie received the National Order of Faithful Service with the rank of Knight for his prestigious artistic career. During his last years Darie suffered from several health problems, including respiratory and cardiac insufficiency and also a stroke. He died on 9 November 2012, aged 83, in Bucharest, surrounded by his family. He was buried in the city's Sfânta Vineri Cemetery. Partial filmography According to IMDB, Iurie Darie featured in 50 films and television series in his six decade-long career. * ''The Bugler's Grandsons'' (1953) - Miron * ''The Sun Rises'' (1954) - Miron * ''Directorul nostru'' (1955) * ' (1955) * '' Alarm in the Mountai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ion Antonescu
Ion Antonescu (; ; – 1 June 1946) was a Romanian military officer and marshal who presided over two successive wartime dictatorships as Prime Minister and ''Conducător'' during most of World War II. A Romanian Army career officer who made his name during the 1907 peasants' revolt and the World War I Romanian Campaign, the antisemitic Antonescu sympathized with the far-right and fascist National Christian and Iron Guard groups for much of the interwar period. He was a military attaché to France and later Chief of the General Staff, briefly serving as Defense Minister in the National Christian cabinet of Octavian Goga as well as the subsequent First Cristea cabinet, in which he also served as Air and Marine Minister. During the late 1930s, his political stance brought him into conflict with King Carol II and led to his detainment. Antonescu nevertheless rose to political prominence during the political crisis of 1940, and established the National Legionary State, an unea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Axis Powers
The Axis powers, ; it, Potenze dell'Asse ; ja, 枢軸国 ''Sūjikukoku'', group=nb originally called the Rome–Berlin Axis, was a military coalition that initiated World War II and fought against the Allies. Its principal members were Nazi Germany, the Kingdom of Italy, and the Empire of Japan. The Axis were united in their opposition to the Allies, but otherwise lacked comparable coordination and ideological cohesion. The Axis grew out of successive diplomatic efforts by Germany, Italy, and Japan to secure their own specific expansionist interests in the mid-1930s. The first step was the protocol signed by Germany and Italy in October 1936, after which Italian leader Benito Mussolini declared that all other European countries would thereafter rotate on the Rome–Berlin axis, thus creating the term "Axis". The following November saw the ratification of the Anti-Comintern Pact, an anti-communist treaty between Germany and Japan; Italy joined the Pact in 1937, follow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romanian Language
Romanian (obsolete spellings: Rumanian or Roumanian; autonym: ''limba română'' , or ''românește'', ) is the official and main language of Romania and the Moldova, Republic of Moldova. As a minority language it is spoken by stable communities in the countries surrounding Romania (Romanians in Bulgaria, Bulgaria, Romanians in Hungary, Hungary, Romanians of Serbia, Serbia, and Romanians in Ukraine, Ukraine), and by the large Romanian diaspora. In total, it is spoken by 28–29 million people as an First language, L1+Second language, L2, of whom 23–24 millions are native speakers. In Europe, Romanian is rated as a medium level language, occupying the tenth position among thirty-seven Official language, official languages. Romanian is part of the Eastern Romance languages, Eastern Romance sub-branch of Romance languages, a linguistic group that evolved from several dialects of Vulgar Latin which separated from the Italo-Western languages, Western Romance languages in the co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dinu Brătianu
Dinu Brătianu (January 13, 1866 – May 20, 1950), born Constantin I. C. Brătianu, was a Romanian engineer and politician who led the National Liberal Party (PNL) starting in 1934. Life Early career Born at the estate of ''Florica'', in Ștefănești, Argeș County, he was the son of the great Romanian statesman Ion Brătianu, and the brother of Ion I. C. Brătianu and Vintilă Brătianu. He studied engineering at the Bucharest Polytechnic and at the École des mines in Paris. Although first elected to the Chamber of Deputies of Romania in 1895 (and was elected without interruption between 1910 and 1938), he held no governmental position until 1933–1934 (when he was Minister of Finance). Under Carol and Antonescu After the assassination of Prime Minister Ion G. Duca by the Iron Guard (December, 1933), he became head of the PNL. During the inter-war period, he became active in opposing the authoritarian regime of King Carol II and his Prime Minister Gheorghe Tăt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladimir Găitan
Vladimir Găitan (; 2 February 1947 – 10 November 2020) was a Romanian actor. Born in Suceava, he studied at the Academy of Theatrical Arts and Cinematography in Bucharest, graduating in 1970. Găitan appeared in more than forty films since 1968. He died on 10 November 2020 after fighting against lymphatic cancer, and was buried at Bellu Cemetery Șerban Vodă Cemetery (commonly known as Bellu Cemetery) is the largest and most famous cemetery in Bucharest, Romania. It is located on a plot of land donated to the local administration by Baron Barbu Bellu. It has been in use since 1858. T ..., in Bucharest. Selected filmography References External links * 1947 births 2020 deaths People from Suceava Caragiale National University of Theatre and Film alumni Romanian male film actors 20th-century Romanian male actors 21st-century Romanian male actors Deaths from cancer in Romania Burials at Bellu Cemetery {{Romania-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Constantin Sănătescu
Constantin Sănătescu (14 January 1885 – 8 November 1947) was a Romanian general and statesman who served as the 44th Prime Minister of Romania after the 23 August 1944 coup after which Romania left the Axis powers and joined the Allies. Early life and military career Sănătescu was born on January 14, 1885, in Craiova. He was the son of the infantry lieutenant Gheorghe Sănătescu (1858–1942), a future general.Leonida Loghin, Aurel Lupășteanu, Constantin Ucrain, ''Bărbați ai datoriei: 23 august 1944 – 12 mai 1945. Mic dicționar'', Editura Militară, București, 1985, p. 369. He graduated from the School of Sons of Soldiers in Iași (1905), then attended the Military School of Infantry and Cavalry in Bucharest (September 1, 1905 – July 1, 1907). He attended military school in the same class with future Generals Gheorghe Mihail and Nicolae Macici, being promoted after graduation to the rank of second lieutenant (July 1, 1907) and assigned to the 5th Roșiori Regimen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
