A Lost Letter (1977)

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A Lost Letter on IMDb 9.0/10 363 votes

Released:
1977-06-07

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...

Director:

Runtime:
2h 40min

Genre:
Comedy

  • Cast:
  • Ștefan Bănică
    as
    Ghita Pristanda
  • Aurel Cioranu
    as
    Drunk citizen
  • Octavian Cotescu
    as
    Nae Catavencu
  • Mircea Diaconu
    as
    Iordache Branzovenescu
  • Petre Gheorghiu
    as
    Zaharia Trahanache