Sergiu Nicolaescu

Sergiu Nicolaescu

Birthday: 1930-04-13

Place of Birth: Târgu-Jiu, Gorj, Romania

Biography: Sergiu Florin Nicolaescu (Romanian: [ˈserd͡ʒju floˈrin nikolaˈesku]; 13 April 1930 – 3 January 2013) was a Romanian film director, actor and politician. He was best known for his historical films, such as Mihai Viteazul (1970, released in English both under the equivalent title Michael the Brave and also as The Last Crusade), Dacii (1966, Les Guerriers), Razboiul Independenței (1977, War of Independence), as well as for his series of thrillers that take place in the interwar Kingdom of Romania, such as Un comisar acuză (1973, A Police Inspector Calls). Joanna Pacuła starred in his film Ultima noapte de dragoste (The Last Night of Love) in 1979 before eventually emigrating to the U.S. where she went on to very successful career. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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William the Conqueror
William the Conqueror

William's government blended elements of the English and Norman systems into a new one that laid the...

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The Immortals
The Immortals

It's the story of a few men that wonder across Europe trying to come home and rebuild what Mihai Vit...

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30 Years of Democracy
30 Years of Democracy

Two journalists born in the mid '80s decide to take a look back at how their country changed in the ...

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Wolf
Wolf

Wolf is a lonely boy who surrounds himself by a world that responds to his desires. He brings Clara,...

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With Clean Hands
With Clean Hands

A story of an apolitical police commissar who is using odd methods against the gangsters....

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The Duel
The Duel

Officer Moldovan must solve the case of a robbery. Credit Central Bank was robbed fast and hard by a...

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Revenge
Revenge

"Revansa" (Revenge) appeared not so long after the preview movie of the series, "Un comisar acuza" (...

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A Police Inspector Calls
A Police Inspector Calls

The Iron Guard, also known as Legion of Archangel Michael, was a Romanian nationalist and patriotic ...

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The Survivor
The Survivor

After WWII Comisarul Moldovan spent years as a political prisoner of the communist regime. The favor...

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The Last Bullet
The Last Bullet

A continuation of a story started in the drama "With Clean Hands" (1972). Commissioner Miclovan's la...

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Then I Sentenced Them All to Death
Then I Sentenced Them All to Death

A young boy is adopted by a priest and his wife during the Nazi occupation of Romania during the Sec...

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Pistruiatul 2: Ascunzișuri
Pistruiatul 2: Ascunzișuri

In a small provincial town, members of the Illegalist Movement are feverishly preparing for Liberati...

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Carol I
Carol I

The last days of the first Romanian king, Carol I of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, and the tough decisio...

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Mercenaries' Trap
Mercenaries' Trap

The movie is based on a true story from the end of WWI, in Transylvania. A nobleman who owned some l...

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Felix and Otilia
Felix and Otilia

Young Felix moves into his eccentric uncle’s house and is immediately drawn to the enigmatic Otilia,...

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Proud Heritage
Proud Heritage

After 1394 King Mircea the Elder, ruler of Wallachia, ponders the eventual consequences of a militar...

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The Punishment
The Punishment

In 1919 at the end of WW1 Romanian peasant Manolache Preda returns to his native village where he fi...

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Orient Express
Orient Express

At an old age, prince Andrei Morudzi retreats to his castle in Romania, during the two world wars, a...

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The Ring
The Ring

Andrei is now a truck driver, but in one of his travels to Germany, he must become once again a boxe...

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The Redhead
The Redhead

During the summer of 1944, while Romanians turn weapons against Nazis, Mihai, an orphan teenager who...

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Accident
Accident

Three young man run in the rain with a borrowed car. The first accident, whose victim is a girl, giv...

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Last Night of Love
Last Night of Love

In 1916, shortly before Romania's entry in World War One Romanian Army Lieutenant Tudor Gheorghiu is...

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The Revenge
The Revenge

Sequel of "The Sea Wolf". The writer van Weyden, who escaped from Captain Larsen's ship, follows the...

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Michael, the Dog That Sang
Michael, the Dog That Sang

The adventures of the Irish terrier Michael began the moment he ran to the shore during a walk. Here...

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The Death Triangle
The Death Triangle

The Romanian army faces the German army in the epic battles of Marasti, Marasesti and Oituz, marking...

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The Redhead
The Redhead

During the summer of 1944, while Romanians turn weapons against Nazis, Mihai, an orphan teenager who...

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Mirror
Mirror

Depicts Romania during World War II, focusing on the Royal Coup that toppled Ion Antonescu, the Axis...

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L'homme pressé
L'homme pressé

An antiques dealer misses out on some of life's pleasures because of his obsession with doing everyt...

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The Dacians
The Dacians

The great King of Dacia, Decebal (Decebalus), is disposed to make the ultimate sacrifice in order to...

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The Crown of Fire
The Crown of Fire

In medieval Wallachia a young prince battles his twin brother for their father's throne and for thei...

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Hot Days
Hot Days

In summer 1975 at the Constanța Shipyard, director Mihai Coman pushes to cast a massive ship propell...

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The Last Assault
The Last Assault

The film tells about the period when Romania joined the Allies against the Axis in WW2....

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The Encounter
The Encounter

This film si about the sabotage of a Nazi fluvial transport on the Danube during WWII....

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Michael the Brave
Michael the Brave

An epic fresco depicting the reign (1593-1601) of Mihai Pătrașcu (better known as "Mihai Viteazul" /...

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For Motherland
For Motherland

In 1877 during the Russo-Turkish war the Kingdom of Romania joins the war on Russia's side and decla...

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Dangerous Turn
Dangerous Turn

A medic is hunted by guilt of killing a man in a car accident, a cop who staged an experiment of pla...

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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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Uncertain Roads
Uncertain Roads

Octavian Borcea, a middle aged peasant, goes through a social crisis when he decides to re-marry wit...

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Expresul de Buftea
Expresul de Buftea

Film montage, commemorating the 50th anniversary of Romanian comedy, using fragments from Romanian f...

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