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Orient Express (2004 Film)
''Orient Express'' is a 2004 Romanian film directed by Sergiu Nicolaescu. It was Romania's submission to the 77th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee. Cast * Sergiu Nicolaescu — Prince Andrei Morudzi * Maia Morgenstern — Baroness Amalia Frunzetti * — Ana Criveanu * Dan Bittman — young Andrei Morudzi * Gheorghe Dinică — Costache * Valentin Teodosiu — Vasile Gărdescu * Ioana Moldovan — Isabelle Beny * — Bob * Dan Puric — Count Orkovski * — Elena Criveanu * Florin Zamfirescu — Take Criveanu * Daniela Nane — Carmen Ionescu * — Adrienne de Raval * — Priest Anton See also * List of submissions to the 77th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film This is a list of submissions to the 77th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has invited the film industries of various countries to submit their best film for the Academy Award ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 In Film
2004 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, festivals, a list of country-specific lists of films released, notable deaths and film debuts. ''Shrek 2'' was the year's top-grossing film, and '' Million Dollar Baby'' won the Academy Award for Best Picture. Evaluation of the year Renowned American film critic and professor Emanuel Levy described 2004 as "a banner year for actors, particularly men." He went on to emphasize, "I can't think of another year in which there were so many good performances, in every genre. It was a year in which we saw the entire spectrum of demographics displayed on the big screen, from vet actors such as Clint Eastwood and Morgan Freeman, to seniors such as Pacino, De Niro, and Hoffman, to newcomers such as Topher Grace. As always, though, the center of the male acting pyramid is occupied by actors in their forties and fifties, such as Sean Penn, Johnny Depp, Liam Neeson, Kevin Kline, Don Cheadle, ... [...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] |
2000s Romanian-language Films
S, or s, is the nineteenth letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''ess'' (pronounced ), plural ''esses''. History Origin Northwest Semitic šîn represented a voiceless postalveolar fricative (as in 'ip'). It originated most likely as a pictogram of a tooth () and represented the phoneme via the acrophonic principle. Ancient Greek did not have a phoneme, so the derived Greek letter sigma () came to represent the voiceless alveolar sibilant . While the letter shape Σ continues Phoenician ''šîn'', its name ''sigma'' is taken from the letter '' samekh'', while the shape and position of ''samekh'' but name of ''šîn'' is continued in the '' xi''. Within Greek, the name of ''sigma'' was influenced by its association with the Greek word (earlier ) "to hiss". The original name of the letter "sigma" may have been ''san'', but due to the compli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 Films
2004 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, festivals, a list of country-specific lists of films released, notable deaths and film debuts. ''Shrek 2'' was the year's top-grossing film, and '' Million Dollar Baby'' won the Academy Award for Best Picture. Evaluation of the year Renowned American film critic and professor Emanuel Levy described 2004 as "a banner year for actors, particularly men." He went on to emphasize, "I can't think of another year in which there were so many good performances, in every genre. It was a year in which we saw the entire spectrum of demographics displayed on the big screen, from vet actors such as Clint Eastwood and Morgan Freeman, to seniors such as Pacino, De Niro, and Hoffman, to newcomers such as Topher Grace. As always, though, the center of the male acting pyramid is occupied by actors in their forties and fifties, such as Sean Penn, Johnny Depp, Liam Neeson, Kevin Kline, Don Cheadle, J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Submissions To The 77th Academy Awards For Best Foreign Language Film
This is a list of submissions to the 77th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has invited the film industries of various countries to submit their best film for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film every year since the award was created in 1956. The award is handed out annually by the Academy to a feature-length motion picture produced outside the United States that contains primarily non-English dialogue. The Foreign Language Film Award Committee oversees the process and reviews all the submitted films. For the 77th Academy Awards, which were held on February 27, 2005, the Academy invited 89 countries to submit films for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Fifty-one countries submitted films to the Academy, including Malaysia, which submitted a film for the first time. The submissions from Colombia, Hong Kong and Ukraine were rejected before the formal review process, but Colombia submitted another ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniela Nane
Daniela Nane (born November 29, 1971) is a Romanian actress and director. She was the Miss Romania in 1991 and was the first contestant from Romania in the Miss Universe pageant (1992). Early life and education Nane was born in Iași, Romania, on November 29, 1971. In 1994, she attended a masterclass at the European League of Institutes of the Arts. Later, in 2011, she participated in a training course in "Japanese Culture and Civilization and Japanese Theater" at Osaka University through the UNESCO Chair. Career Nane stepped into the spotlight in 1991, when she won the Miss Romania pageant and a year later, she became Romania's first participant in the Miss Universe beauty pageant held in Las Vegas. Afterward, from 1991 to 1995, she attended the Caragiale National University of Theatre and Film, where she studied with instructors like Mircea Albulescu, Cătălin Naum, and Adrian Titieni. Nane is also an artistic director of the Musical Theater Ambasadorii. She has starred i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florin Zamfirescu
Florin Zamfirescu (; born 12 April 1949) is a Romanian theatre and film actor and director, and university professor. Zamfirescu was born in Călimănești, Vâlcea County; his grandfather, Gheorghe Zamfirescu, was mayor of the town. He graduated from the Caragiale National University of Theatre and Film in Bucharest in 1971. From 1971 to 1973, he was an actor in the Municipal Theatre of Târgu Mureș, and subsequently moved to the Odeon Theatre in Bucharest. From 1974 to 1978 he was an instructor Caragiale National University; in 1996 he became a professor, and from 2000 to 2008 he served as rector of the university. In 2002 he received Ph.D. in Arts, with thesis "Acting or Magic". In 2014 he was let go from the Odeon Theatre by its director, . In 1984, Zamfirescu was awarded the , 3rd class, and in 2002 he was awarded the National Order of Merit, Knight rank. Filmography * '' Meda or the Not So Bright Side of Things'' (2017) – Pandele * ' (2018) – Stan Țugurlan * ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Puric
Liviu Dan Puric (; born February 12, 1959) is a Romanian actor, director, pantomime artist and political activist. Biography He graduated in 1978 from the fine arts high school Nicolae Tonitza in Bucharest, and in 1985 from the Institute of Theatrical and Cinematographic Arts, Bucharest. Between 1985 and 1988, he was an actor at the Botoşani Theater. Nowadays, he is an actor at the National Theatre Bucharest. His shows - ''Toujours l'amour'', ''Made in Romania'', ''Costumele'' (The Costumes), ''Don Quijote'' - have been played in many countries. He played the main role in ''Broken Youth''. He also played in films for the public television in Lausanne, Switzerland. In 2000, Dan Puric received the Order of the Star of Romania with the Knight rank, for "exceptional services in culture". Honours * Romanian Royal Family The Romanian royal family ( ro, Familia regală a României) was the ruling dynasty of the Kingdom of Romania, a constitutional monarchy in Central-Eastern Europe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valentin Teodosiu
Valentin Teodosiu (; born 17 September 1953) is a Romanian actor. He appeared in more than fifty films since 1977. He is well known as the voice of channel ProTV since 1995. Teodosiu was born in Bucharest and graduated in 1978 from the I.L. Caragiale Institute of Theatre and Film Arts. He was chosen by 20th Century Fox 20th Century Studios, Inc. (previously known as 20th Century Fox) is an American film production company headquartered at the Fox Studio Lot in the Century City area of Los Angeles. As of 2019, it serves as a film production arm of Walt Dis ... to dub Romanian Captain Gutt's voice for the animated movie, "Ice Age: Continental Drift". Selected filmography References External links * 1953 births Living people Romanian male film actors Male actors from Bucharest Caragiale Academy of Theatrical Arts and Cinematography alumni {{Romania-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Bittman
Dan Bittman (; born 29 March 1962, Bucharest) is a Romanian singer who represented the country at the Eurovision Song Contest 1994 and came 21st with 14 points. Dan Bittman has been the lead singer of the music group, Holograf, since 1985. From November 2004 to 2012, he was the host of ''Dănutz SRL'', a TV show on TVR 1. Between 1984 and 1985, he was the lead singer for hard rock band IRIS. In 2008, the artist was chosen by Disney to provide the voice of the old man from the palace in the Romanian dubbed version of the animated movie ''The Emperor's New Groove ''The Emperor's New Groove'' is a 2000 American animated slapstick comedy film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The 40th animated film produced by the studio, it was directed by Mark Dindal and pr ...''. Of Jewish descent, Bittman practices Judaism. Discography ;With Blitz * 1980 - Concerteaza pentru prima data la ''Clubul de la ora sapte'' ;With Incognito * 1982 -'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cinema Of Romania
The cinema of Romania is the art of motion-picture making within the nation of Romania or by Romanian filmmakers abroad. It has been home to many internationally acclaimed films and directors. As with much of the world's early cinema, the ravages of time have left their mark upon Romanian film prints. Tens of titles have been destroyed or lost for good. From these films, only memories, articles and photos published in the newspapers of the time have remained. Since 1965 ''Arhiva Națională de Filme'' (ANF; The National Film Archive) has made serious efforts to reconstruct the obscure history of the beginnings of Romanian cinema, in parallel with the publication of memoirs and private research undertaken by great lovers of cinema, such as film critics Ion Cantacuzino and Tudor Caranfil, together with the directors Jean Mihail and Jean Georgescu. Romanian films have won best short film at Cannes in 2004 and 2008, with ''Trafic'' by Cătălin Mitulescu, and ' by . Romanian c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maia Morgenstern
Maia Emilia Ninel Morgenstern (; born 1 May 1962) is a Romanian film and stage actress, Gabriela DumbaPur și SIMPLU, Maia Morgenstern, ("Pure and simple, Maia Morgenstern", but with a pun, because Simplu is a Romanian musical group with whom she had done a video), ''Gardianul'', December 23, 2006. Accessed online December 20, 2007. described by Florin Mitu of AMOS News as "a symbol of Romanian theater and film". In the English-speaking world, she is best known for portraying the Blessed Virgin Mary in Mel Gibson's ''The Passion of the Christ''. In Romania, she has been nationally known since her 1992 role as Nela in ''Balanța'', a film known in the United States as ''The Oak'', set during the waning days of Communist Romania. She received a star on the Romanian Walk of Fame in Bucharest on 1 May 2011. Biography Born in Bucharest, Romania, to a Jewish family, she attended the Zoia Kosmodeminskaia High School in her native city, and graduated from the Film and Theatre Acade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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