Nicolae Praida

Nicolae Praida

Born: September 20, 1933
Died: December 24, 2008
in Samokov, Bulgaria

Movies for Nicolae Praida...

Ryna
Title: Ryna
Character: Grandfather
Released: November 24, 2006
Type: Movie
In a small village in the Danube Delta, where traditions are confronted with new material purposes, a teenage girl is becoming a woman. This is the story of Ryna, a 16 year old girl, working as an motor mechanic in Sulina, who strives to find her identity next to a father who is firmly denying her femininity.
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The Conjugal Bed
Title: The Conjugal Bed
Released: May 12, 1993
Type: Movie
Romania had it rough under its last communist dictator, Nicolae Ceausescu, and things are even rougher now. Before, their problems were oppression and poverty. Now, their problem is mostly poverty - and plenty of it. In this grim comedy (to call it a black comedy would be to paint too perky a picture of it), Vasile (Gheorghe Dinica)has a wife whom he's fond of, and a mistress, whom he's fonder of. He manages a nearly abandoned movie theater, and makes just about nothing doing it. When his wife announces she's pregnant, he nearly goes frantic trying to find money to get her an abortion. However, what truly sends him over the edge is when his mistress decides to become a prostitute because, after all, the money is good. These two situations send him straight to the loony bin, and when he gets out, he discovers that his wife has rented their apartment to pornographic filmmakers, and guess who's starring in them?
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Love and Warm Water
Title: Love and Warm Water
Released: June 8, 1992
Type: Movie
Angela (Liliana Pană) and Dorina (Magda Catone), working at the Match Factory, live in the home and dream of marriage and spouses to give them a decent living. But the illusions are shattered when the men encountered prove their lack of character: Titi (the boy whom Angela is in love with, appears at a time with a kid and is raped), a vendor, is pimp, Emil, an engineer, is a And Radu, an emigrant in Australia, is undistinguished by his Collie dog.
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Casa din vis
Title: Casa din vis
Released: January 13, 1992
Type: Movie
Căpălău, a peasant in a village near Brăila, tries to keep up with the turns of life. Based on "Ningea în Bărăgan” novel by Fănuș Neagu.
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The Miracle
Title: The Miracle
Character: Gheorghe Dinică
Released: January 1, 1988
Type: Movie
An agronomist manages to irrigate and stabilize some sand dunes in southern Romania.
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The Season of Love
Title: The Season of Love
Released: August 4, 1987
Type: Movie
The action of the movie take place in a factory and presents the conflicts between one engineer and some young workers.
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Călifar's Mill
Title: Călifar's Mill
Character: Gorgan
Released: October 22, 1984
Type: Movie
Stoica, a poor man from a small village, asks for Călifar's help to make him rich. Călifar deceives him, offering him only a vision which seems very real for Stoica.
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Surorile
Title: Surorile
Character: Bărcan
Released: August 20, 1984
Type: Movie
Three sisters that had a tranquil life in a town suffer dramatic life changes at the end of WW2.
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Like in Films
Title: Like in Films
Character: Matei
Released: January 1, 1983
Type: Movie
An untalented writer attempts to achieve a "lifelike" scenario fail in a dozen policier.
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Prides
Title: Prides
Character: ”Canaris”
Released: April 12, 1982
Type: Movie
Professor Cristian conducts research on a citostatic. He is still dealing though with the unjust condemning he suffered in the 50s. Some of the people around him try to bring him down with same type of accusations.
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Mad Forest
Title: Mad Forest
Character: Darie's father
Released: January 1, 1982
Type: Movie
A young communist returns to a small provincial town.
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Crew for Singapore
Title: Crew for Singapore
Character: Nicolae Praida
Released: January 1, 1981
Type: Movie
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I have an Idea
Title: I have an Idea
Released: January 1, 1981
Type: Movie
Some party representatives want to make a new football team.
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The Winner
Title: The Winner
Character: Covaci
Released: January 1, 1981
Type: Movie
A successful boxer has a difficult time due to the fact that his family feels neglected.
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The Man We Need
Title: The Man We Need
Character: Grigore
Released: November 16, 1979
Type: Movie
A concrete expert is torn between his family, who wants to settle in a city, and his work, which requires constant relocating.
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Before the Silence
Title: Before the Silence
Released: October 23, 1978
Type: Movie
Obsessed by greed and the fact that his wife is in love with his brother, innkeeper Stavarache heads towards madness. Based on the I.L.Caragiale novel, "In Times of War"
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The Fury
Title: The Fury
Character: Mitu
Released: January 20, 1978
Type: Movie
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Postcards with Wildflowers
Title: Postcards with Wildflowers
Released: June 24, 1975
Type: Movie
Laura (Carmen Galin) comes from a small town on the Danube to get rid of an unwanted pregnancy. She is addressing Irina (Elena Albu) and her mother (Eliza Petrachescu) for a miscarriage following her death. Overwhelmed by a blame not belonging to her, Irina suicides.
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The Trap
Title: The Trap
Released: January 7, 1974
Type: Movie
After defeating some Iron Guard gangs in Bucharest, those who survived were hiding somewhere in the mountains. Several bloody events took place in one of the smaller villages. In the unequal struggle with criminals entered the former police commissioner who meanwhile became a Major in Romanian Communist Police, Mihai Roman.
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The Power and The Truth
Title: The Power and The Truth
Released: February 15, 1972
Type: Movie
This is a communist propaganda movie that follows the life of an engineer who is in conflict with power hungry apparatchiks.
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Porto-Franco
Title: Porto-Franco
Character: Dan Neagu
Released: December 28, 1961
Type: Movie
The out-of-time ambiance of Sulina/Europolis between wars is shaken up by the arrival of a former local from America.
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Close to Sun
Title: Close to Sun
Character: Dinuț
Released: September 26, 1961
Type: Movie
Petre Orsa, a young peasant gets a job at the Hunedoara Steel Mill with the dream of becoming a top-notch steel-man, having Mihai Solca - a sort of communist industrial hero- as his role model. He starts low moving dirt around with a shovel but he soon gets into the team of an old steel man, foreman Tudor Baci.
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The Storm
Title: The Storm
Character: Andrei
Released: June 8, 1960
Type: Movie
The Nazi troops are retreating from Romania. On a wester town, they have to be held back until some strategic trains can leave the train station.
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Life Doesn't Spare
Title: Life Doesn't Spare
Released: June 4, 1960
Type: Movie
Dying in the trenches during World War II, Stefan looks back at his own life and that of his father. Through his memories, the film presents a story that embraces two generations and various eras. It is a film about the tragedy of lives dragged into conflicts against their will, of lives violently ruined or ended – a story about the devastating consequences of war. Interweaving past and present, the flashback narrative depicts the war as a perpetual situation where the „little people” always turn out to be on the losing side.