A Lost Letter (film) explained

A Lost Letter
Director:	Victor Iliu
Cinematography:	Andrei Feher
Editing:	Aurelia Simionov
Runtime:	135 minutes
Country:	Romania
Language:	Romanian

A Lost Letter (Romanian: O scrisoare pierdută) is a 1953 Romanian historical comedy film directed by and Victor Iliu.^[1] It is based on the 1884 play A Lost Letter by Ion Luca Caragiale.

Plot

A compromising love letter that goes astray threatens to cause a scandal in a small provincial town in the late nineteenth century.

Cast

• Marcel Anghelescu as Ghiță Pristanda
• Costache Antoniu as Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: Un cetățean turmentat (a drunk citizen)
• as Ștefan Tipătescu
• Radu Beligan as Agamemnon Dandanache
• Ion Finteșteanu as Tache Farfuridi
• Alexandru Giugaru as Zaharia Trahanache
• Elvira Godeanu as Zoe Trahanache
• Ion Henter as Ionescu
• Ion Talianu as Nae Cațavencu
• Grigore Vasiliu-Birlic as Brânzovenescu

References

1. Slater p.327

Bibliography

• Thomas J. Slater. Handbook of Soviet and East European films and filmmakers. Greenwood Press, 1992.