''The Mill of Good Luck'' ( ro, La 'Moara cu noroc') is a 1955 Romanian

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directed by

Victor Iliu Victor Iliu (24 November 1912 – 4 September 1968) was a Romanian film director. He directed seven films between 1948 and 1964. His film ''The Mill of Good Luck'' was entered into the 1957 Cannes Film Festival. Filmography * '' Anul 1848'' ...

. It was entered into the

1957 Cannes Film Festival The 10th Cannes Film Festival was held from 2 to 17 May 1957. ''Nights of Cabiria'' by Federico Fellini, ''La casa del ángel'' by Leopoldo Torre Nilsson, ''A Man Escaped'' by Robert Bresson, and ''The Seventh Seal'' by Ingmar Bergman were entere ...

. It is a version of the novella ''Moara cu noroc'' ("The lucky mill"), published in the collection '' Nuvele din popor'' (1881) by

Ioan Slavici Ioan Slavici (; 18 January 1848 – 17 August 1925) was a Romanian writer and journalist from Hungary, later from Romania. He made his debut in ''Convorbiri literare'' ("Literary Conversations") (1871), with the comedy ''Fata de birău'' ("The M ...

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Constantin Codrescu Constantin Codrescu (; 5 September 1931 – 13 November 2022) was a Romanian actor. He appeared in more than thirty films since 1953. Born in Huși, he was raised in northern Bukovina, but had to move to Bucharest after the region was annexed ...

– Ghiță, the innkeeper * – Lică Sămădăul, chief of the swineherds *

Ioana Bulcă Ioana Bulcă (born 7 January 1933) is a Romanian film actress. She appeared in 20 films between 1955 and 2007. Selected filmography * ''The Mill of Good Luck'' (1955) - Ana * ''A Woman for a Season'' (1969) * ''Mihai Viteazul'' (1971) * ''Then ...

(as Ioana Bulcă-Diaconescu) – Ana, Ghiță's wife *

Colea Răutu Colea Răutu (; 18 November 1912 – 13 May 2008) was a Romanian actor, born in Bălți (Russian Empire, now Republic of Moldova).gendarme Wrong info! --> A gendarmerie () is a military force with law enforcement duties among the civilian population. The term ''gendarme'' () is derived from the medieval French expression ', which translates to "Man-at-arms, men-at-arms" ...

* – the old woman (as Marieta Rareș) *

Gheorghe Ghițulescu Gheorghe is a Romanian given name and surname. It is a variant of George, also a name in Romanian but with soft Gs. It may refer to: Given name * Gheorghe Adamescu * Gheorghe Albu * Gheorghe Alexandrescu * Gheorghe Andriev * Gheorghe Apostol ...

– Răut * Benedict Dabija – Buză Ruptă ("Split Lip") * I. Atanasiu-Atlas – Saila Boarul *

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– the commissar *

Valeria Gagialov Valeria Gagealov (9 December 1931 – 9 February 2021) was a Romanian film, radio, theater, television and voice actress. Biography She was born in Galați, Romania, and studied at the Caragiale Academy of Theatrical Arts and Cinematography wit ...

– the lady in mourning *

Sandu Sticlaru Sandu may refer to: People Surname *Adrian Sandu (born 1966), Romanian gymnast * Bianca Sandu (born 1992), Romanian footballer * Constantin Sandu (born 1993), Moldovan footballer * Corina Sandu, Romanian-American mechanical engineer * Cristina Sand ...

– Martzi, the inn hand *

Aurel Cioranu Aurel may refer to: Places * Aurel, Drôme, France * Aurel, Vaucluse, France Other uses * Aurel (given name) * Aurel Awards, a Slovak music award * AuRel, a dragon in E. E. Knight's ''Age of Fire Age of Fire is a series of fantasy/adventure ...

– Lae *

George Manu Gheorghe Manu (26 July 1833, Bucharest, Wallachia – 16 May 1911, Bucharest, Kingdom of Romania) was a Romanian Army general, artillery inspector and statesman. He served as Prime Minister (1889–1891), Minister of War, Minister of the Inter ...

(as G. Manu)

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* 1955 films Romanian drama films 1950s Romanian-language films 1955 drama films Romanian black-and-white films Films directed by Victor Iliu {{Romania-film-stub

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