| The Ball | |
| Director: | Andrei Blaier |
| Starring: | Ion Bodeanu |
| Cinematography: | Lupu Gutman |
| Runtime: | 94 minutes |
| Country: | Romania |
| Language: | Romanian |
The Ball (ro|Mingea "ball" in the sense of a football) is a 1958 Romanian drama film directed by Andrei Blaier and . It was entered into the 1st Moscow International Film Festival.[1] In the Romania of the 1930s the economic crisis has serious impact on society. A teacher is fired from work and fights to make ends meet, while his paralyzed son dreams of a soccer ball with which to play. The father falls in with communist activists, one of whom helps him find a ball for his son.