Between 25-31 July, the National Film Archives – Romanian Cinematheque (ANF), in partnership with the National Office for the Cult of Heroes (ONCE), is setting up, at Eforie (Jean Georgescu) Hall of the Romanian Cinematheque in Bucharest, the event under the title “Romanian Film Week about the Great War”.
The film screenings within this retrospective are accompanied by the photography exhibition entitled “On the Track of the First World War Heroes”, offered by ONCE and hosted in the Foyer of Eforie Cinematheque Eforie. The event is part of the National Programme of events occasioned by the anniversary of the First World War Centenary.
Viewers' admission to the event will be free of charge.
The opening of the event and the exhibition's view day will be held on Monday, 25 July, from 19:00, and the event will carry on until Sunday, 31 July.
Program of screenings, with data on films presented:
Monday, 25 July, at 19:00 (opening film)
Pădurea spânzuraților/The Forest of the Hanged (directed by
Liviu Ciulei)
Romania, 158 min.; drama, adaptation after the homonymous novel by Liviu Rebreanu
Tuesday, 26 July, at 18:00
Depunerea jurământului cercetașilor legiunii „Vlad Țepeș”, Brăila/Oath Ceremony by the Scouts of “Vlad Țepeș” Legion (directed by Tudor Posmantir)
Romania, 1915, 10 min.; documentary film, mute film
Războiul pentru întregirea neamului/The War for Reuniting the Homeland (directed by Constantin Ivanovici, Tudor Posmantir, Nicolae Barbelian)
Romania, 1920, 10 min.; news reel, mute film
Serbările culturale din Basarabia/Cultural Celebrations in Bessarabia (directed by Tudor Posmantir)
Romania, 1926, 14 min.; documentary film, mute film
Ecaterina Teodoroiu (directed by Ion Niculescu-Brună)
Romania, 1931, 42 min.; fiction film with news reel sequences, drama, war film, mute film
Tuesday, 26 July, at 20:00
Datorie și sacrificiu/Debt and Sacrifice (directed by Ion Șahigian)
Romania, 1925, 21 min.; fiction film with news reel sequences, melodrama, war film, mute film
Viața nu iartă/Life is unforgiving (directed by
Iulian Mihu,
Manole Marcus)
Romania, 1959, 74 min.; drama
Wednesday, 27 July, at 17:00
Felix şi Otilia/Felix and Otilia (directed by
Iulian Mihu)
Romania, 1972, 147 min; drama
Wednesday, 27 July, at 20:00
1 May 1914 (directed by Constantin Ivanovici)
Romania, 1914, 2 min.; documentary film, mute film
Viața la țară/Country Life (directed by Nicolae Barbelian, Victor De Bon)
Romania, 1914, 2 min.; documentary film, mute film
Ecaterina Teodoroiu (directed by
Dinu Cocea)
Romania, 1978, 107 min.; drama, bio film, war film
Thursday, 28 July, at 18:00
Osânda/Damnation (directed by
Sergiu Nicolaescu)
Romania, 1976, 112 min.; drama, adaptation after the novel „Velerim și Veler Doamne” by Victor Ion Popa
Thursday, 28 July, at 20:00
Vizita M.S. Regelui la Școala Militară de Infanterie/The Visit of HM the King to the Infantry Military School (directed by Svoboda)
Romania, 1914, 5 min.; documentary film, mute film
Prin cenușa imperiului/Trough the Ashes of the Empire (directed by
Andrei Blaier)
Romania, 1976, 105 min.; drama, war film, adaptation after the novel „Jocul cu moartea”/„Playing with Death” by Zaharia Stancu
Friday, 29 July, at 18:00
The Peace from Bucharest / Der Frieden von Bukarest
Germany, 1918, 6 min.; documentary film, mute film
Între oglinzi paralele/Between Parallel Mirrors (directed by
Mircea Veroiu)
Romania, 1979, 92 min.; drama, psychological film, adaptation after the literary work of Camil Petrescu
Friday, 29 July, at 20:00
Treaty of Trianon / Le traité de Trianon
France, 1920, 10 min.; documentary film, mute film
Ultima noapte de dragoste/The Last Night of Love (directed by
Sergiu Nicolaescu)
Romania, 1980, 99 min.; drama, adaptation after the novel „Ultima noapte de dragoste, întâia noapte de război”/ “The last night of love, the first night of war” by Camil Petrescu
Saturday, 30 July, at 17:00
Triunghiul morţii/Death Triangle (directed by
Sergiu Nicolaescu)
Romania, 1999, 161 min.; historic film, war film
Saturday, 30 July, at 20:00
Capcana mercenarilor/Mercenaries' Trap (directed by
Sergiu Nicolaescu)
Romania-GDR, 1981, 108 min.; adventure film, war film
Sunday, 31 July, at 15:00
Vizita familiei imperiale ruse la Constanța/The Visit of the Russian Imperial Family to Constanța (directed by Nicolae Barbelian, Victor De Bon, Gheorghe Ionescu, Constantin Ivanovici, Svoboda)
Romania, 1914, 30 min.; documentary film, mute film
Funerariile M.S. Regelui Carol I/The Funerals of HM Carol I (directed by Victor De Bon)
Romania, 1914, 29 min.; documentary film, mute film
Sunday, 31 July, at 16:30
Lumina palidă a durerii/The Pale Light of Pain (directed by
Iulian Mihu)
Romania, 1981, 145 min.; drama
Sunday, 31 July, at 19:00
Întunecare/Gloom (directed by
Alexandru Tatos)
Romania, 1986, 93 min.; drama, adaptation after the homonymous novel by Cezar Petrescu
