Colea Răutu

Colea Răutu

Born: November 28, 1912
Died: May 13, 2008
in Limbenii Noi, Bălţi, Moldova
Colea Răutu (18 November 1912 – 13 May 2008) was a Romanian actor, born in Bălţi (Russian Empire, now Republic of Moldova). He participated in more than fifty movies and TV series, among other the western film Apachen, the Romanian TV series Toate pînzele sus, and the prize-winning film Răscoala.

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Earth's Most Beloved Son
Title: Earth's Most Beloved Son
Character: Traian Petrini
Released: March 20, 1993
Type: Movie
The life-story confession of a prisoner waiting for his trial. Victor Petrini, a promising intellectual in the 1950s and a lecturer in Philosophy is arrested by the repressive secret police, wrongly accused of espionage, and sentenced to prison and forced labor.
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Proud Heritage
Title: Proud Heritage
Released: November 17, 1989
Type: Movie
After 1394 King Mircea the Elder, ruler of Wallachia, ponders the eventual consequences of a military alliance with the Poles versus one with the Turks.
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The Miracle
Title: The Miracle
Character: Grigore Mîrza
Released: January 1, 1988
Type: Movie
An agronomist manages to irrigate and stabilize some sand dunes in southern Romania.
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The Gold Diggers
Title: The Gold Diggers
Character: Kema
Released: May 25, 1986
Type: Movie
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Atkins
Title: Atkins
Character: Der Alte
Released: August 29, 1985
Type: Movie
A Western set in the US around the turn of the century. Atkins leaves the city to return to the valley where he formerly lived. There he meets Native Americans who learn to trust him. They ask Atkins to buy weapons for them. On his journey Atkins meets Morris, whose interest in mineral resources puts Atkins loyalty to the Native Americans to the test.
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The Last Assault
Title: The Last Assault
Character: Sgt. Pliushkin II
Released: January 1, 1985
Type: Movie
The film tells about the period when Romania joined the Allies against the Axis in WW2.
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Mireasma ploilor târzii
Title: Mireasma ploilor târzii
Character: Grigore
Released: January 1, 1984
Type: Movie
Paul Vasiliu, a geologist, returns to his native village. Excavating for irrigation works gives him the opportunity to discover some valuable minerals. Now he has to convince the villagers to postpone theirs lifelong dream of having irrigations in their fields to examine if the mineral deposits are economically viable. A common communist propaganda item of those times.
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Dangerous Turn
Title: Dangerous Turn
Character: Comandant
Released: April 25, 1983
Type: Movie
A medic is hunted by guilt of killing a man in a car accident, a cop who staged an experiment of placing a dummy on the side of the road and a dead man found found on the side of the road.
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The Encounter
Title: The Encounter
Character: Tănase
Released: August 16, 1982
Type: Movie
This film si about the sabotage of a Nazi fluvial transport on the Danube during WWII.
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Mercenaries' Trap
Title: Mercenaries' Trap
Character: Ciungul
Released: May 13, 1982
Type: Movie
The movie is based on a true story from the end of WWI, in Transylvania. A nobleman who owned some land in Transylvania returns home to find a part of his fortune burned to ashes during late 1918 when power was trasfered from AustroHungary to Romania. Looking for revenge, he ordered the killing of innocent Romanian peasants from a neighbouring village, which he suspected to be guilty for the losses he suffered. A Romanian officer from Romanian Transylvanian Volunteers Corp, decides to help the villagers to face the menace of the nobleman
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The Duel
Title: The Duel
Character: Grigore Maimuca
Released: June 14, 1981
Type: Movie
Officer Moldovan must solve the case of a robbery. Credit Central Bank was robbed fast and hard by a gang of professionals. Moldovan is trying to catch the man behind Rica Pasarin, the gang leader, by using his brother, who is a pickpocket thief.
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Last Night of Love
Title: Last Night of Love
Character: Army doctor Captain Floroiu
Released: March 30, 1980
Type: Movie
In 1916, shortly before Romania's entry in World War One Romanian Army Lieutenant Tudor Gheorghiu is posted to a border patrol unit on Romania's border with Austria-Hungary. Not receiving any news from his wife he persuades the commanding officer, Captain Dimiu, to allow him a short leave to visit his wife. Tudor married Lena two years before but was very jealous and suspected her of infidelity. When his grandfather dies Tudor inherits most of the fortune. Gigolo lawyer Andrei Nicolau is the executor of the will. He also is the man who lustfully desires Tudor's beautiful wife. A contest for Lena's love begins. Romania is plunged into WW1 and ironically Tudor receives his junior Lieutenant commission in the same regiment where gigolo lawyer Nicolau serves as a Major. Their destinies seem intertwined.
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Michael, the Dog That Sang
Title: Michael, the Dog That Sang
Released: October 1, 1979
Type: Movie
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Uncle Marin, the Billionaire
Title: Uncle Marin, the Billionaire
Character: directorul hotelului
Released: February 5, 1979
Type: Movie
At a swanky hotel in a Black Sea resort, Gogu, one of the hotel employees, meets his uncle Marin, an Oltenian peasant who has come to visit. Gogu says he can sneak Marin into the hotel, as one of the rooms is empty awaiting the arrival of an American billionaire, Mr. Juvett. Marin is amazed by the revealing clothing worn by women at the resort, while the hotel guests are fascinated by his quaint peasant costume. In the hotel room, Marin is perplexed by the various gadgets. Meanwhile, the gangsters learn that Juvett has arrived at the hotel. Juvett is the father of the kidnapped girl, and is coming to pass over a million dollar ransom. A rival gang, who know about the kidnapping, plan to take the ransom for themselves. They follow Marin, believing him to be Juvett.
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Uncertain Roads
Title: Uncertain Roads
Character: Ion Cireș
Released: January 1, 1979
Type: Movie
Octavian Borcea, a middle aged peasant, goes through a social crisis when he decides to re-marry with a widower. He visits all his 5 children, then he returns in the village, where he burned his bridges.
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Revenge
Title: Revenge
Character: Comisarul Maimuca
Released: November 12, 1978
Type: Movie
"Revansa" (Revenge) appeared not so long after the preview movie of the series, "Un comisar acuza" (The Police Inspector Calls). In this sequel we meet up with police inspector Tudor Moldovan, once again, who wasn't actually killed and who has returned to put an end to Paraipan's actions once and for all. When Paraipan kidnaps Moldovan's kid, the police inspector makes up his mind to punish Paraipan and his bosses and to finish off the fascist movement, lead by Zavoianu and his allies. Together with the communist that fight to gain power, Moldovan takes out his enemies one by one.
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Operation 'The Bus'
Title: Operation 'The Bus'
Character: Cop
Released: January 16, 1978
Type: Movie
In 1950 a Western spy is clandestinely parachuted into Communist Romania to retrieve secret WW2 codes and agent lists and also to assist a group of anti-Communist guerrillas escape but the Communist police is setting a trap.
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Reunited
Title: Reunited
Released: October 14, 1977
Type: Movie
A happily married teacher finds out that a child of hers she believed dead for 10 tears is alive. On the trail of her first lover, she reconnects with her lost daughter.
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For Motherland
Title: For Motherland
Character: Colonel George Slăniceanu
Released: May 7, 1977
Type: Movie
In 1877 during the Russo-Turkish war the Kingdom of Romania joins the war on Russia's side and declares its independence from the Ottoman Empire.
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Title: Full Sail
Character: Spânu
Released: March 1, 1977
Type: TV
Full Sail is a TV series aired on Romanian National Television (TVR), based on the eponymous novel by Radu Tudoran. The series follow the adventures of two friends, the Romanian Anton Lupan and the French Pierre Vaillant. Anton Lupan tries to find the L'Esperance schooner, which belonged to them, wiyhout knowing that it was a victim of a pirate attack. But he hopes in particular to find Pierre, so they can start on a trip to an uncharted land, which they attempted several times to explore unsuccessfully. He found the ship, but his friend was nowhere to be found. Anton was forced to leave on a trip across Atlantic, to Tierra del Fuego.
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Accident
Title: Accident
Character: Comandantul Directiei Militiei Judiciare
Released: January 24, 1977
Type: Movie
Three young man run in the rain with a borrowed car. The first accident, whose victim is a girl, gives the signal for a race through the city to escape the police crews. Race ends tragically, with another serious incident, even one victim is involved. The only way out is escape. The film shows the psychological transformation of fugitives, in their desperate attempt to evade the consequences and pressures of their conscience.
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Fair-Play
Title: Fair-Play
Released: January 1, 1977
Type: Movie
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Pintea
Title: Pintea
Character: Colonel
Released: August 16, 1976
Type: Movie
The movie is set in 18th century Maramureș region of Romania. The Romanian officer Grigore Pintea return to his village and finds out that his parents were killed, and other villagers were tortured because they protested against the unfair treatment of Bartolok Graff. He deserts the Austrian army and he becomes an outlaw. He is joined by many peasants and so his band manages to occupy 2 fortresses.
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The Court Adjourns the Sentencing
Title: The Court Adjourns the Sentencing
Character: Gavrilă Bobu
Released: June 7, 1976
Type: Movie
A judge is tasked to investigate a mining accident.
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Singurătatea florilor
Title: Singurătatea florilor
Character: maistrul Dumitru Pavel, fratele lui Ovidiu
Released: February 9, 1976
Type: Movie
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The Last Night of Loneliness
Title: The Last Night of Loneliness
Released: January 1, 1976
Type: Movie
The movie depicts a peasant with a very strong personality that copes with the changes in the Romanian village.
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Hot Days
Title: Hot Days
Character: Tănase
Released: January 1, 1976
Type: Movie
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Stephen the Great: Vaslui 1475
Title: Stephen the Great: Vaslui 1475
Character: Pasha Soliman
Released: January 6, 1975
Type: Movie
In 1475 when Stephen the Great, ruler of Moldavia is facing an invading Ottoman army of 120 000 men, the fate of Christian Europe largely depends on the battle's outcome.
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The Immortals
Title: The Immortals
Character: Iusuf Pașa
Released: December 23, 1974
Type: Movie
It's the story of a few men that wonder across Europe trying to come home and rebuild what Mihai Viteazul called "Romanian dream".
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The Prodigal Father
Title: The Prodigal Father
Character: Voicu
Released: September 23, 1974
Type: Movie
This film is about the changes in the countryside happening in Romania around 1945, when am agrarian reform happens.
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Die Kreuzritter 1475
Title: Die Kreuzritter 1475
Released: July 5, 1974
Type: Movie
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The Martens Brothers
Title: The Martens Brothers
Character: Lotrul Grigore Gogolea
Released: June 5, 1974
Type: Movie
Historical movie based on the "The Martens Brothers" (Romanian: Frații Jderi) novel. The movie is in the top 20 most watched Romanian movies.
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Ulzana
Title: Ulzana
Character: Nana
Released: May 16, 1974
Type: Movie
This rather unconventional Western movie is set in the middle of the 19th century in Arizona. The film portrays an Indian tribe, the Mimbreno Appacheans, who are celebrating their Thanksgiving, building an irrigation plant, carrying on commerce, and trying to settle down in a rather constricted territory. But the confrontation with the white Americans changes their situation as the mercantile "gentlemen" want to prevent the Indian tribe to become independent from the white men′s business practices. Thus, they destroy the irrigation plant and chase the Indian tribe in an inhospitable territory where they cannot survive. Led by their chief Ulzana, the Appacheans thus start a bitter fight to preserve their habitat.
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A Certain Kind of Happiness
Title: A Certain Kind of Happiness
Character: Cerbu
Released: October 15, 1973
Type: Movie
A story about a group of friends and their choices, how to pursue their careers and personal life.
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The Poseidon Explosion
Title: The Poseidon Explosion
Released: July 1, 1973
Type: Movie
A group of firefighters discover explosives on an abandoned ship which threatens the local city
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Apache
Title: Apache
Character: Nana
Released: June 29, 1973
Type: Movie
The story of Ulzana, an Apache chief who has reached a rapprochement with the local Mexican population and generously extends it to whites who travel through the territory. His people have become inured to the treacherous ways of the white man, however, and are now reliant on them for booze, 'relief flour' and beef steak.
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The Last Bullet
Title: The Last Bullet
Character: Bănică
Released: May 26, 1973
Type: Movie
A continuation of a story started in the drama "With Clean Hands" (1972).
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The Dowry of Lady Ralu
Title: The Dowry of Lady Ralu
Character: Mamulos
Released: April 9, 1972
Type: Movie
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The Lost Forest
Title: The Lost Forest
Character: Gendarme Pangrate
Released: March 7, 1972
Type: Movie
In 1943 in a Romanian fishing village on the river Danube brothers Pavel and Simion compete for the love of Lia while the war is raging on.
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Săptămâna nebunilor
Title: Săptămâna nebunilor
Character: Mamulos
Released: July 11, 1971
Type: Movie
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Michael the Brave
Title: Michael the Brave
Character: Ottoman Sultan Murad III
Released: February 13, 1971
Type: Movie
An epic fresco depicting the reign (1593-1601) of Mihai Pătrașcu (better known as "Mihai Viteazul" / "Michael the Brave"), the famous prince who united the three provinces: Transalpine Vallachia, Transylvania and Moldavia, into the country of Romania, at the end of the 16th century (1599-1601) against the opposition of the Ottoman and Austrian Empires, this movie features large scale battle scenes mixed with political intrigues, murderous treachery, and family drama.
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The Making of the World
Title: The Making of the World
Character: Filipache
Released: January 1, 1971
Type: Movie
Around the nationalization in 1948, a worker's daughter, as a student, is attracted by the social life offered by a breed horse owner. The relationship will sour by the cruelty with which he kills the horses, rather then give them away.
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Title: The Leatherstocking Tales
Character: Die Gespaltene Eiche
Released: December 25, 1969
Type: TV
German miniseries based upon the novel, The Last of the Mohicans.
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The Revenge of the Outlaws
Title: The Revenge of the Outlaws
Character: Ibrahim
Released: April 23, 1968
Type: Movie
Second of 2 films set during the 18th century in the mountains of Wallachia, about a band of outlaws aiming to undermine the rule of the Phanariots and the Ottomans. The story evolves around the two stepbrothers who lead this band, Sarbu and Amza, with their complex and violent relationship.
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The Kidnapping of the Maidens
Title: The Kidnapping of the Maidens
Character: Ibrahim
Released: March 12, 1968
Type: Movie
In 19th century Wallachia war-bands of Ottoman Turks from across the Danube river raid Wallachia with impunity while Wallachia's Phanariote rulers don't oppose them.
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The Castellans
Title: The Castellans
Character: Ignat
Released: September 11, 1967
Type: Movie
Two cooperativists exploit a pond for fish and frogs outside their institutions circuit. Until a youth with socialist expanding ideals comes with the initiative to drain it and use the land for grains. They hatch a plan to make the pond a natural monument, so an expert is summoned, but foolish beliefs betray them.
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Three Times Bucharest
Title: Three Times Bucharest
Released: January 1, 1967
Type: Movie
Three distinct cinematic stories that take place in Bucharest, made by three different directors, on the occasion of the 500th anniversary of the city's existence
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The Uprising
Title: The Uprising
Character: Cosma Butuc
Released: June 8, 1966
Type: Movie
After years of deplorable conditions of poverty and injustice, peasants revolt against the landowners, the social elite, and police in this routine social drama. A peasant woman is raped by a lecherous wealthy lesbian, and chaos breaks out in the rural areas where the poor suffer the most from the oppressive social and economic conditions.
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The Outlaws
Title: The Outlaws
Released: April 21, 1966
Type: Movie
First of 2 films set during the 18th century in the mountains of Wallachia, about a band of outlaws aiming to undermine the rule of the Phanariots and the Ottomans. The story evolves around the two stepbrothers who lead this band, Sarbu and Amza, with their complex and violent relationship.
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White Trial
Title: White Trial
Released: February 14, 1966
Type: Movie
Matei recollects events of the year 1944 in order to prove the innocence of a friend. Based on "Șoseaua Nordului" (Northern Highway) novel by Eugen Barbu.
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Snowfall Season
Title: Snowfall Season
Character: Oprișan
Released: January 1, 1966
Type: Movie
Pavel has to confron his father in law, who is decided to compromise him in front of the village.
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The Soimaresti Clan
Title: The Soimaresti Clan
Character: Temir Bei
Released: April 12, 1965
Type: Movie
Vying for Principality of Moldavia's throne the descendants of Prince Stephen the Great start a bloody civil war in 1612.
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Pisica de mare
Title: Pisica de mare
Character: Col. Dragomir
Released: January 6, 1964
Type: Movie
The Romanian Ministry of State Security has learned that foreign intelligence is hunting for plans for blue mines, where strategic raw materials are mined. This task is carried out by a gang led by a spy named Sea Cat.
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Lupeni 29
Title: Lupeni 29
Character: Petre Letean
Released: February 11, 1963
Type: Movie
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Lumina de iulie
Title: Lumina de iulie
Released: January 1, 1963
Type: Movie
even if you say you don't remember that summer light, it has been in your brain for a long time and you would recognize it immediately....in this communist-collectivist propaganda film of an artificially grotesque beauty to the point of absurdity....full-on lies and shots arranged idyllically, this is how people's perception of reality can be manipulated
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Under the Circus Dome
Title: Under the Circus Dome
Character: Father
Released: January 1, 1962
Type: Movie
A kid looses his dog, which went to spend some time with a circus troupe.
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A World Wihout Sky
Title: A World Wihout Sky
Character: Petre Leteanu
Released: January 1, 1961
Type: Movie
A movie about miner strikes in 1292 Jiu Valley. It is made from re-cutting and combining two previous movies, "Lupeni '29" and "Golgota", that were shot much earlier.
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Soldiers without Uniform
Title: Soldiers without Uniform
Character: Sașa
Released: January 1, 1961
Type: Movie
An engine driver is taken prisoner in 1944 and ends up in a camp behind enemy lines. He escapes together with a soviet prisoner and a professor and make their way back to Romania.
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The Thirst
Title: The Thirst
Character: Ardeleanu
Released: October 20, 1960
Type: Movie
The communists are taking over the boyar land and do the agrarian reform.
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Beyond the Fir Trees
Title: Beyond the Fir Trees
Character: Oprea Oprișan
Released: October 25, 1958
Type: Movie
A group of Romanian soldiers helped by peasants, prevents the transport of goods looted by German soldiers from the USSR during the Second World War.
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Family Jewels
Title: Family Jewels
Character: Ivancea
Released: April 28, 1958
Type: Movie
A bourgeois family life in Romania around the time of the Great Peasant Uprising of 1907.
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The Mill of Good Luck
Title: The Mill of Good Luck
Character: Pintea
Released: January 26, 1957
Type: Movie
Follows the inner transformation of a man who tried to fight his demon, the love for money, and lost.
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Desfasurarea
Title: Desfasurarea
Character: the young Ilie Barbu
Released: January 15, 1955
Type: Movie