''Silent Wedding'' ( ro, Nunta mută) is a 2008

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...

comedy-drama Comedy drama, also known by the portmanteau ''dramedy'', is a genre of dramatic works that combines elements of comedy and drama. The modern, scripted-television examples tend to have more humorous bits than simple comic relief seen in a typical ...

film A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere ...

about a young couple who was about to celebrate their marriage in 1953, but they were ordered to desist by the occupying Red Army and Communist authorities because the

Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nation ...

leader

Joseph Stalin Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili; – 5 March 1953) was a Georgian revolutionary and Soviet political leader who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953. He held power as General Secretar ...

had died the night before. Since they could not openly celebrate, the wedding-goers try to party in silence. It was directed by

Horațiu Mălăele Horațiu-Valentin Mălăele (born 31 iulie 1952That is according to , accessed 2016-11-21. ThHorațiu Mălăelepage on the Romanian site cinemagia.ro places his birth one day earlier, on July 31, 1952, and gives the fuller form of his name, ''Hora� ...

Cast

* Meda Andreea Victor as Mara * Alexandru Potocean as Iancu *

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. Car ...

as Grigore Aschie * Alexandru Bindea as Gogonea * Tudorel Filimon as Haralamb Vrabie * Nicolae Urs as Mutu *

Luminița Gheorghiu Luminița Gheorghiu (; 1 September 1949 – 4 July 2021) was a Romanian film actress, and artistic performer in East Central Europe. She achieved international recognition for her roles in ''The Death of Mr. Lazarescu'' (2006) and '' Child's Pose ...

as Fira * Ioana Anton as Smaranda *

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, where he studied theater at the I.L. C ...

as Mardare *

Doru Ana Doru Ana (28 February 1954 – 11 October 2022) was a Romanian actor. He appeared in more than forty films since 1980. Ana died in Bucharest on 11 October 2022, at the age of 68. Selected filmography References External links * * ...

as Cârnu * Șerban Pavlu as Coriolan *

Catrinel Dumitrescu Catrinel Dumitrescu (born 11 October 1956) is a Romanian film and theater actress. Born in Brăila, her debut came when she was 16, and was selected by director Alexandru Tocilescu to play a role at the local theater in the play ' by August St ...

as Iancu's mother * Puiu Dănilă as Ulcior *

Tamara Buciuceanu Tamara Buciuceanu-Botez (10 August 1929 – 15 October 2019) was a Romanian stage, screen and television actress, as well a known TV personality. She was one of the most successful Romanian actresses of the 1960s–2000s who worked at Odeon The ...

as Grandmother *

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 th ...

as Grandfather *

George Mihăiță George Mihăiță (; born 23 September 1948 in Moreni) is a Romanian actor, director and philanthropist. Renowned for his distinctive voice, Mihăiță has appeared in over 70 films and is regarded as a Romanian film icon. He studied in the Ins ...

as Valentin Gogonea * George Chițu as Gogonică

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