Răscoala Explained

Răscoala
Director:	Mircea Mureșan
Starring:	Ilarion Ciobanu Nicolae Secăreanu Emil Botta Ion Besoiu
Cinematography:	Nicu Stan
Country:	Romania
Language:	Romanian

Răscoala is a 1965 Romanian drama film directed by Mircea Mureșan based on a novel by Liviu Rebreanu about the Romanian peasant uprising of 1907. Mureșan won the prize for Best First Work at the 1966 Cannes Film Festival.^[1] It was the first Romanian film to be submitted to the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. However, it failed to be nominated.^[2]

Cast

• (as Serafim Mogoș)
• Ion Besoiu (as Grigore Iuga)
• Adriana Bogdan (as Nadina)
• Emil Botta (as Anton Nebunul)
• Ilarion Ciobanu (as Petre Petre)
• Constantin Codrescu (as Baloleanu)
• Gheorghe Cozorici (as teacher Dragoș)
• Ernest Maftei (as Stan Marin)
• Ștefan Mihăilescu-Brăila (as Lupu Chirițoiu)
• Draga Olteanu-Matei (as Nadina's friend)
• Amza Pellea (as the military commander)
  • Valentin Plătăreanu Colea Răutu (as Cosma Butuc)
• Nicolae Secăreanu (as Miron Iuga)
• (as sergeant Boiangiu)
• (as Toader)

See also

• List of submissions to the 39th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
• List of Romanian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

Notes and References

1. Web site: Festival de Cannes: Răscoala . 8 March 2009. festival-cannes.com.
2. Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences