The Actor and the Savages

Release Date: 1975-01-20

Overview: Toma Caragiu plays Costica Caratase character inspired by the personality of the great actor Constantin Tanase. The action takes place in the interwar period and focuses on the conflict between actor and Iron Guard movement ("savages") offended by a satirizes artistic performances. Film question the artist's freedom of expression and the danger posed by his involvement in social issues existing in a dictatorship world.

Rating: 8.267 / 10

Cast

Toma Caragiu

as Costică Caratase

Mircea Albulescu

as Ionel Fridman

Margareta Pogonat

as Elvira Caratase

Ion Besoiu

as Guță Popescu

Mircea Diaconu

as Radu Toma