''The Oak'' () is a 1992 Romanian

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

co-written and directed by

Lucian Pintilie Lucian Pintilie (; 9 November 1933 – 16 May 2018Lucian Pi ...

. Starring

Maia Morgenstern Maia Emilia Ninel Morgenstern (; born 1 May 1962) is a Romanian film and stage actress, Gabriela Dumba, ("Pure and simple, Maia Morgenstern", but with a pun, because Simplu is a Romanian musical group with whom she had done a video), ''Gardi ...

, Razvan Vasilescu,

Victor Rebengiuc Victor Rebengiuc (; known in full as Victor-George Rebengiuc; born 10 February 1933) is a Romanian film and stage actor, also known as a civil society activist. Since 1957, he has been a member of the Bulandra Theater company, acting in more t ...

. It was screened out of competition at the

1992 Cannes Film Festival The 45th Cannes Film Festival took place from 7 to 18 May 1992. French actor Gérard Depardieu served as jury president for the main competition. Swedish filmmaker Bille August won the ''Palme d'Or'', the festival's top prize, for a second time ...

Cast

as Nela *

Răzvan Vasilescu Răzvan Vasilescu (; born 14 August 1954) is a Romanian actor. He has appeared in 40 films and television shows since 1979. He starred in ''The Oak'', which was screened out of competition at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival. Selected filmography ...

as Mitică *

as Village mayor *

Dorel Vișan Dorel Vișan (; born 25 June 1937) is a Romanian actor. He has appeared in 65 films since 1974. He was nominated for the award of Best Actor at the 1988 European Film Awards. Vișan was born in Tăușeni, Cluj County. In 1965 he graduated from ...

as Country Priest *

Ion Pavlescu An ion () is an atom or molecule with a net electrical charge. The charge of an electron is considered to be negative by convention and this charge is equal and opposite to the charge of a proton, which is considered to be positive by convent ...

as Doctor Gîlcescu * as Priest's wife *

Gheorghe Visu Gheorghe Visu (; born 2 July 1951) is a Romanian actor. He appeared in more than forty films since 1974. In 2006 and 2007 the actor was chosen by Walt Disney Pictures to provide the Romanian voice of Bagheera in the animated movies The Jungle Boo ...

as Priest in the train *

Dan Condurache Dan Condurache (; born 26 July 1952) is a Romanian film actor. He has appeared in more than fifty films since 1976. Born in Dorohoi, he completed high school in his native city. He then went to Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ) is the capital ...

as Prosecutor * as Nela's father * as Butușină *

Leopoldina Bălănuță Leopoldina Bălănuță (; 10 December 1934 – 14 October 1998) was a Romanian actress. Biography She was born in her grandparents' house in Hăulișca, Vrancea County, the daughter of Neculai Bălănuță, a priest, and Sanda. She was a 1958 ...

as Nela's mother * as Mitică's assistant *

Ionel Mihăilescu Ionel is a Romanian masculine given name. People named Ionel *Ionel Augustin (born 1955), retired Romanian footballer * Ionel Averian (born 1976), Romanian sprint canoeist *Ionel Budișteanu (1919–1991), Romanian violinist and conductor * Ionel ...

as Titi

References

External links

* 1992 films 1990s Romanian-language films 1992 drama films Films directed by Lucian Pintilie Romanian drama films {{Romania-film-stub