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Cornel Ciupercescu

Cornel Ciupercescu

Acting

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Amen.
7.0

Kurt Gerstein—a member of the Institute for Hygiene of the Waffen-SS—is appalled to discover that a poison gas he helped discover is being used to kill Jews. Driven by his conscience to alert the rest of the world, Gerstein teams up with a young Jesuit priest, Riccardo Fontana, but their protestations fall on deaf ears in the Vatican.

Amen.

2002
The Actor and the Savages
7.9

At Bucharest’s famous revue theater “Vox,” director Costică Caratase prepares a bold anti-fascist show despite growing threats from the Iron Guard. As pressure and violence escalate, he and his collaborators face persecution, turning their artistic resistance into an act of courage and sacrifice.

The Actor and the Savages

1975
Mirror
6.5

Depicts Romania during World War II, focusing on the Royal Coup that toppled Ion Antonescu, the Axis-allied Conducător and authoritarian Prime Minister. Focused around the August 23rd 1944 coup against Marshal Antonescu, the movie also tackles other topics from the same era such as the Iron Guard rebellion and the execution of political leaders by communists.

Mirror

1994
The Trap
6.4

After defeating some Iron Guard gangs in Bucharest, those who survived were hiding somewhere in the mountains. Several bloody events took place in one of the smaller villages. In the unequal struggle with criminals entered the former police commissioner who meanwhile became a Major in Romanian Communist Police, Mihai Roman.

The Trap

1974
The Conspiracy
6.8

A propaganda movie about the confrontation between the communists and secret police, legionaires in Romania.

The Conspiracy

1973
Before the Silence
7.2

Obsessed by greed and the fact that his wife is in love with his brother, innkeeper Stavarache heads towards madness. Based on the I.L.Caragiale novel, "In Times of War"

Before the Silence

1978
A Place Among the Living
6.5

A mediocre pulp novelist is approached by a stranger claiming to be a serial killer with a proposition to chronicle his crimes.

A Place Among the Living

2003
At the Crossroads of Great Storms
7.0

In 1848 during the tumultuous era of European revolutions shaking the continent out of its feudal-based empire-based system the Wallachian politician Nicolae Balcescu is trying to reach the same revolutionary goals at home.

At the Crossroads of Great Storms

1980
The Carpathian Castle
5.8

In late 19th century, a Transylvanian revolutionary fleeing the Imperial authorities goes to Italy where he meets a beautiful soprano who later disappears under mysterious circumstances.

The Carpathian Castle

1981
The Mysteries of Bucharest
6.7

The Principality of Wallachia with the capital Bucharest (today a region of Romania) before the Revolution of the year 1848. A couple of secret societies are working to chase away the Prince Gheorge Bibescu from his throne, arms are transported on secret ways, preparing the first popular revolts in Bucharest, as the first act of the Revolution of 1848, which revolution is the first impulse of the later act of the Union of the Wallachia with Moldova (Romanian United Principalities in 1862, Kingdom of Romania in 1881 and Kingdom of Greater Romania 1918, with Transylvania, Bukovina and Bessarabia).

The Mysteries of Bucharest

1983
The Moment of Truth
7.3

An epic love story set during the troubled moments of Romanian history that culminate in the Great Union of Alba Iulia.

The Moment of Truth

1989
Mountains in Flames
6.8

1848, Transylvania. Avram Iancu raises a peasant army to defend the rights of the Romanian ethnics, while Nicolae Bălcescu tries a diplomatic approach.

Mountains in Flames

1980
Destination Mahmudia
6.0

A former fighter pilot is forced, due to an illness, to work on utility planes in the countryside.

Destination Mahmudia

1981