Liviu Ciulei

Liviu Ciulei

Birthday: 1923-07-07

Place of Birth: Bucharest, Romania

Biography: Liviu Ciulei was a Romanian theater and film director, film writer, actor, architect, educator, costume and set designer. During a career spanning over 50 years, he was described by Newsweek as "one of the boldest and most challenging figures on the international scene".

Movies

Cerul n-are gratii
Cerul n-are gratii

Based on the novel "The Artist" by Francisca Munteanu. Romania in the 30s. A young talented artist M...

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Forest of the Hanged
Forest of the Hanged

In 1916 as an officer in the Habsburg Army ethnic Romanian Apostol Bologa is torn between remaining ...

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France is an Empire
France is an Empire

A documentary showing the pride France took in its position as an Empire, during the period after th...

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The Waves of the Danube
The Waves of the Danube

Ciulei’s second feature recalls the best of Fritz Lang and Michael Curtiz in its WWII-era espionage ...

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Phalanstery
Phalanstery

In the early 19th century the Romanian Theodor Diamant was inspired by the French utopian socialist ...

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Alarm in the Mountains
Alarm in the Mountains

An spy film set in a mountainous border area. The grenadiers are confronted with spies parachuted in...

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The Making of the World
The Making of the World

Around the nationalization in 1948, a worker's daughter, as a student, is attracted by the social l...

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The Romanian Musketeer
The Romanian Musketeer

During the 18th century when Moldavian Prince Dimitrie Cantemir writes The History of the Rise and F...

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Soldiers without Uniform
Soldiers without Uniform

An engine driver is taken prisoner in 1944 and ends up in a camp behind enemy lines. He escapes toge...

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The Take-Off
The Take-Off

Valedictorian in a flight class, he has to complete 2 years of utility aviation before going into mi...

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Love Begins on Friday
Love Begins on Friday

A high school graduate, disappointed by the failure to be accepted in college, finds balance amongst...

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In Our Village
In Our Village

The film shows that Romanian peasants were divided between those opposing and those embracing collec...

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Nepoţii gornistului
Nepoţii gornistului

The story of three generations of the Dorobantsu peasant family, who fought bravely and selflessly a...

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