A Lost Letter (1954)

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Released:
1954-02-26

Overview:
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....

Directors:
Sică Alexandrescu, Victor Iliu

Runtime:
2h 15min

Genre:
Comedy

  • Cast:
  • Marcel Anghelescu
    as
    Ghiță Pristanda
  • Nicky Atanasiu
    as
    Stefan Tipatescu
  • Grigore Vasiliu-Birlic
    as
    Iordache Brânzovenescu
  • Alexandru Giugaru
    as
    Zaharia Trahanache
  • Costache Antoniu
    as
    Cetățeanul turmentat