A Lost Letter (1954)
O scrisoare pierdută
The plot take place in 1883 in a small provincial town in Romania, where the corrupt establishment decide everything, including - of course - who will be the "elected" representative to the national Senate. A love letter from the bachelor mayor to the wife of the local party chief, gets lost and found by a drunk party supporter. The letter finds its way to the opposition party, which decide to use the letter by blackmailing the powerful local "camarilla", and to get his own man to represent the county. What follows is not easy to guess....
- Date of release
- 1954-02-26
- TMDB
- 7.5 / 10 (8)
- Runtime
- 2h 15m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Director
- Sică Alexandrescu, Victor Iliu
Casting
- Marcel Anghelescu — Ghiță Pristanda
- Nicky Atanasiu — Stefan Tipatescu
- Grigore Vasiliu-Birlic — Iordache Brânzovenescu
- Alexandru Giugaru — Zaharia Trahanache
- Costache Antoniu — Cetățeanul turmentat
- Radu Beligan — Agamemnon Dandanache
- Ion Finteşteanu — Tache Farfuridi
- Ion Talianu — Nae Cațavencu
- Elvira Godeanu — Zoe Trahanache
Interesting facts
A Lost Letter is a 1953 Romanian historical comedy film directed by Sică Alexandrescu and Victor Iliu. It is based on the 1884 play A Lost Letter by Ion Luca Caragiale.
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