''A Bomb Was Stolen'' ( ro, S-a furat o bombă) is a 1962 Romanian dialogue-free spy film directed by Ion Popescu-Gopo. It was entered into the

1962 Cannes Film Festival The 15th Cannes Film Festival was held from 7 to 23 May 1962. The Palme d'Or went to the ''O Pagador de Promessas'' by Anselmo Duarte. The festival opened with '' Les Amants de Teruel'', directed by Raymond Rouleau. During the Cannes Film Festiv ...

Plot

The film begins with a nuclear bomb test. One of the bombs is stolen by gangsters, who hide the bomb in a bag. Inept police pursue the gangsters, and the bag containing the bomb is lost, and recovered by a passerby who does not know what's in the bag. The passerby goes about his day with the bag, pursued by the gangsters who are in turn pursued by the police.

Reception

The international press praised this film. In the English press, ''A Bomb Was Stolen'' received the label “an exuberant comedy” (Eric Shorter, ''Daily Telegraph'', 25 August 1962), "a subtle and frequently hilarious satire" (Satiră din România, '' Edinburgh Evening News'', 30 August 1962), "a satirical fantasy" (Bomba, '' Daily Worker'', 3 September 1962). The Soviet journalist I. Surkova, writing for '' Sovetskaya Kulture'', considered the film “full of witty jokes.”

Cast

* Eugenia Balaure * Haralambie Boroș * Horia Căciulescu *

Puiu Călinescu Puiu () is both a Romanian masculine given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: *Cristi Puiu (born 1967), Romanian film director and screenwriter *Visarion Puiu (1879–1964), Romanian Orthodox bishop *Puiu Dumitrescu, private ...

* Iurie Darie * Cella Dima * Florin Piersic * Tudorel Popa * Geo Saizescu * Ovid Teodorescu *

Liliana Tomescu Liliana is derived from the Latin word 'lilium' or 'lilion', both mean 'lily' in English. Due to this, the name means "pure" and "innocent". The name is generally found in North America, though it is more common in Italian, Spanish and Portuguese ...

Jean Dănescu Jean may refer to: People * Jean (female given name) * Jean (male given name) * Jean (surname) Fictional characters * Jean Grey, a Marvel Comics character * Jean Valjean, fictional character in novel ''Les Misérables'' and its adaptations * Je ...

* Ștefan Niculescu-Cadet * Lak Popescu *

Draga Olteanu-Matei Draga Olteanu Matei (née Olteanu) (; 24 October 1933 – 18 November 2020) was a Romanian actress. She performed in more than thirty films from 1967 to 2006. Born in Bucharest, she studied at the Iulia Hasdeu High School in Lugoj. After mov ...

(as Draga Olteanu) *

Ion Bondor 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 conven ...

Ion Atanasiu Atlas 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 conven ...

Emil Botta Emil Botta (; 15 September 1911, Adjud – 24 July 1977, Bucharest) was a Romanian actor and writer. Together with Emil Cioran, Eugen Ionescu, and , he was a member of the literary group called ''Corabia cu ratați'' ("The Losers' Ship"). ...

as Somerhot (as Emil Bota) *

Nelly Sterian Cornell Iral Haynes Jr. (born November 2, 1974), better known by his stage name Nelly, is an American rapper, singer, actor and entrepreneur. He embarked on his music career with the hip hop group St. Lunatics in 1993 and signed to Universal ...

Dumitru Hitru Dumitru is a Romanian surname and given name. Notable people with the surname include: * Alina Alexandra Dumitru (born 1982), Romanian judoka *Alexe Dumitru (1935–1971), Romanian sprint canoer *Ion Dumitru (born 1950), Romanian footballer * Nicol ...

Nicolae Motoc Nicolae may refer to: * Nicolae (name), a Romanian name * ''Nicolae'' (novel), a 1997 novel See also *Nicolai (disambiguation) Nicolai may refer to: *Nicolai (given name) people with the forename ''Nicolai'' *Nicolai (surname) people with the s ...

Awards

In May 1962, the film participated at the International Film Festival in Cannes, being nominated for the official Palme d'Or Award.Arhivele
Festivalului Internațional de Film de la CannesIleana Dima

în "Evenimentul Zilei", 30 septembrie 2012. * It got several awards: * Merit Diploma at the New Europe Film Festival in Edinburgh (1962)Călin Căliman - ''„Istoria filmului românesc (1897-2000)”'' (Ed. Fundației Culturale Române, București, 2000), p. 167. * Third Prize at the International Film Festival in Thessaloniki (September 1962) * The Special Prize of the Jury “Silver Olive” at the International Festival of the Comic and Humorous Comedy, Palazzo del Parco, Bordighera (1963) * Honorary diploma at the Vienna Film Festival

References

External links

* 1961 films 1961 comedy films 1960s science fiction films 1960s Romanian-language films Films without speech Romanian black-and-white films Films directed by Ion Popescu-Gopo Cold War spy films Films shot in Romania Romanian fantasy films Romanian comedy films Romanian science fiction films {{1960s-comedy-film-stub