The Actress, the Dollars and the Transylvanians

  • 97'
  • Romania
  • 1979
The ‘70s were an extremely beneficial period for Romanian cinema. At that time a generation of young film makers appeared. They brought something new to a pretty obsolete cinema that used Soviet film classics as its models. At the beginning of the decade, these young people also benefited from some relaxation on a political level.
The Actress, the Dollars and the Transylvanians is the second part of a trilogy that began with The Prophet, the Gold and the Transylvanians (1977) by Dan Pita, who also directed the third part - The Oil, the Baby and the Transylvanians (1980).
The trilogy combined the iconography specific to the American Western with topics imposed by the domestic film industry: duty to one's native country, calming down inter-ethnic conflicts, the bad influence of religious beliefs. The film is about two brothers who go to America to persuade another brother who lives there to come back to Romania.
  • 97'
  • Romania
  • 1979
Director
Mircea Veroiu
Country of production
Romania
Year
1979
Festival Edition
IFFR 2011
Length
97'
Medium
35mm
Original title
Artista, dolarii si ardelenii
Languages
Romanian, English
Producer
Nicolae Mitican
Production Companies
Casa de Filme Trei, Centrul de Productie Cinematografica Bucuresti
Screenplay
Titus Popovici
Cinematography
Calin Ghibu
Editor
Yolanda Mintulescu
Production Design
Nicolae Dragan, Nicolae Schiopu
Music
Adrian Enescu
Cast
Ilarion Ciobanu, Ovidiu Iuliu Moldovan
Director
Mircea Veroiu
Country of production
Romania
Year
1979
Festival Edition
IFFR 2011
Length
97'
Medium
35mm
Original title
Artista, dolarii si ardelenii
Languages
Romanian, English
Producer
Nicolae Mitican
Production Companies
Casa de Filme Trei, Centrul de Productie Cinematografica Bucuresti
Screenplay
Titus Popovici
Cinematography
Calin Ghibu
Editor
Yolanda Mintulescu
Production Design
Nicolae Dragan, Nicolae Schiopu
Music
Adrian Enescu
Cast
Ilarion Ciobanu, Ovidiu Iuliu Moldovan