Maia Morgenstern

Maia Morgenstern

Born: May 1, 1962
in Bucharest, Romania
A Romanian film and stage actress,  described by Florin Mitu of AMOS News as "a symbol of Romanian theater and film".  In the English-speaking world, she is probably best known for the role of Mary, the mother of Jesus, in Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ. In Romania, she has been nationally known since her 1992 role as Nela in Balanţa, a film known in the United States as The Oak, set during the waning days of Communist Romania.

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Ca Fetele
Title: Ca Fetele
Character: Silvia
Released: September 15, 2024
Type: Movie
Best friends Silvia, Cela and Rozana try new things after they discover Sivlia's husband cheating on her.
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What About Love
Title: What About Love
Character: Sister Martina
Released: February 14, 2024
Type: Movie
Two young lovers change the lives of their parents forever when the parents learn from the joyful experience of their kids, and allow themselves to again find their love.
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The Man Without a Lifeline
Title: The Man Without a Lifeline
Released: November 16, 2023
Type: Movie
The invention of the first modern robot for table tennis training turns Ionel Sporea into a star in the world of Romanian sports. A trip to Moscow, however, ends with a harsh sentence: 12 years in prison for treason. Who is to blame: destiny, the Ceausescu regime, or himself?
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Terezín
Title: Terezín
Released: January 26, 2023
Type: Movie
The story of Antonio, an Italian clarinetist, and Martina, a Czech violinist, who fall in love with each other during the World War II, in Prague.
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The Goat and Her Three Kids
Title: The Goat and Her Three Kids
Character: Goat
Released: October 28, 2022
Type: Movie
Secluded from the world, in XIX century rural Romania, a widow and mother of three must defend what's left of her family, at all costs, from an old family friend turned foe. Based on one of the best-known Romanian folk tales (The Goat and Her Three Kids by Ion Creanga), this film aims to unveil the true nature of the famed bedtime story and to treat the audience to a different perspective, one that offers a glimpse of what the tragedy looks like beyond the happy songs and affable characters.
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Mihai Viteazul: Prințul intrat în legenda Europei
Title: Mihai Viteazul: Prințul intrat în legenda Europei
Released: July 15, 2022
Type: Movie
Voivode Michael the Brave travels through time, together with his wife, discovering, deeply touched, the new world.
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The New Gospel
Title: The New Gospel
Character: Mother Mary
Released: September 1, 2020
Type: Movie
What would Jesus preach in the 21st century? Who would his disciples be? And how would today's society respond to the return of the Son of God? With The New Gospel, Milo Rau is staging a "Revolt of Dignity". Led by political activist Yvan Sagnet, the movement is fighting for the rights of migrants who came to Europe across the Mediterranean to be enslaved on the tomato fields in southern Italy and to live in ghettos under inhumane conditions.
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Boys On Film 20: Heaven Can Wait
Title: Boys On Film 20: Heaven Can Wait
Character: Mother (segment "Isha")
Released: May 18, 2020
Type: Movie
On the cusp of adulthood, the world's longest running gay short film series is only getting started. Boys On Film 20: Heaven Can Wait includes eleven complete films: Bassem Ben Brahim's animated "Chromophobia"; Jimi Vall Peterson's "Sleepover" starring Hjalmar Hardestam and Simon Eriksson; Mickey Jones's "Just Me" starring Philip Olivier and Carl Loughlin; Matthew Jacobs Morgan's "Mine" starring Joshua McGuire and John Macmillan; Dale John Allen's "Don't Blame Jack" starring Jordan Tweddle and Kane Surry; Timothy Ryan Hickernell's "Foreign Lovers" co-starring Lucio Nieto; Layke Anderson's "Mankind" starring Ricky Nixon and Alexis Gregory; Christopher Manning's "Isha" starring Horia Săvescu and Dario Coates; Jay Russell's "ruok" starring Peter Mark Kendall, Zachary Booth, and Sydney James Harcourt; Chintis Lundgren's animated "Manivald"; and Zoe McIntosh's "The World In Your Window" starring Joe Folau and David Lolofakangalo Rounds.
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Title: Sacrificiul
Character: Eva
Released: September 11, 2019
Type: TV
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The Bra
Title: The Bra
Character: Fidan
Released: September 11, 2019
Type: Movie
The Bra tells the story of the lonely and soon to be pensioned train driver Nurlan. On his last day of work his train hits a clothes line and snags a white bra with blue dots with it. Determined to find the owner, Nurlan leaves no stone unturned and embarks on a dazzling journey through the neighbourhoods of Baku, trying to convince as many women as possible to try on the lost bra.
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Isha
Title: Isha
Character: Mother
Released: June 29, 2019
Type: Movie
Rahmi, a Romanian immigrant living in England, creates a new life for himself while trying to keep up appearances with his Muslim family. This moving, evocative drama costars renowned Romanian actress Maia Morgenstern and Game of Thrones’ Lino Facioli alongside newcomer Hora Savescu as Rahmi.
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Lucania
Title: Lucania
Character: Argenzia
Released: June 20, 2019
Type: Movie
An ancient dying land is brought back to life by the primal force of a young mute girl, who witnesses the fatal clash between two fathers.
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The Goat and Her Three Kids
Title: The Goat and Her Three Kids
Character: Capra
Released: June 5, 2019
Type: Movie
Secluded from the world, a single mother of three has to defend that what's left of her family, at all cost, from a cold blooded killer. Based on one of the best known Romanian fairy tales (The Goat and Her Three Kids by Ion Creanga), this short film aims to unveil the true nature of the famed bed time story and to treat the audience to a different perspective, one that offers a glimpse at what the tragedy actually looks like beyond the happy songs and colorful characters.
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Fault Condition
Title: Fault Condition
Character: Dr. Salid Blumberg
Released: February 23, 2018
Type: Movie
Melania, a 15 years old high school student gets pregnant with Emi, a classmate. Melania does not tell anyone she's pregnant, Not even to Emi, or to her parents. The situation is extremely complicated because Emi's mother is the director of the high school where the two lovers study, and Melania's mother is secretary at the same high school. In the fifth month of pregnancy, Melania faints during class hours. She is urgently taken to the hospital by her mother who finds her daughter is 5 months pregnant so it's too late for an abortion. Melanie's mother is forced to tell the truth to Emi's mother. Emi's mother forces Melania's mother to promise to keep the pregnancy secret to everyone, even to Emi. Minor's mothers separates the two lovers and decide to give the baby up for adoption to a family of Romanians living abroad who don't have the right to legally adopt a child from Romania.
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Far from Here
Title: Far from Here
Character: Donna
Released: March 31, 2017
Type: Movie
A young couple struggles to keep their marriage afloat in a foreign country.
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High Strung
Title: High Strung
Character: Markova
Released: April 8, 2016
Type: Movie
When a hip hop violinist busking in the New York subway encounters a classical dancer on scholarship at the Manhattan Conservatory of the Arts, sparks fly. With the help of a hip hop dance crew they must find a common ground while preparing for a competition that could change their lives forever.
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Kidnapped in Romania
Title: Kidnapped in Romania
Character: Daniela
Released: April 2, 2016
Type: Movie
A couple of Italo-American journalists go missing during their work assignment in Romania.
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Exodus to Shanghai
Title: Exodus to Shanghai
Character: Mrs. Morgenstern
Released: November 9, 2015
Type: Movie
Exodus to Shanghai tells the story of two lovers who have to escape from Vienna to China after Dr. Ho, the Chinese Consul in Vienna in 1938, issued Exit Visas to many Jews against the instruction of his superiors. Fannia, a New York Jewish Violin student, falls in love with the Consul's nephew Bruce. Together they must leave Vienna as the Gestapo is chasing them to get the Jews and Hitler's painting.
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Miss Christina
Title: Miss Christina
Character: Mrs. Moscu
Released: November 1, 2013
Type: Movie
The film is an adaptation of the well known short story "Miss Christina" by Mircea Eliade. Moscu arrived at the mansion with his girlfriend, Sanda, the young artist Egor Paşchievici notes that her entire family worships Miss Christina, her aunt murdered in unclear circumstances when she was just 20 years old, during the riots of 1907. Egor is inexplicably drawn into a portrait of Miss Christina and begins to dream. Soon, however, the boundary between dream and reality is blurred and Miss Christina, love Egor, is brought back to life through occult rituals even by her family. When realized, however, that life is in danger Egor Sanda decides to fight the ghost.
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Carmen
Title: Carmen
Character: Dr. Janos
Released: August 18, 2013
Type: Movie
In a small village close to the mountains, Mariana and Puiu are a young family with two children: Carmen and Mircea. One morning, the mother and the ten year-old daughter leave for Bucharest, having a hospital as their destination. One doctor alone, Sitaru, believes that Carmen, who can no longer smile, stands any chances at survival. He believes he can perform a miracle and save Carmen's life. Struggling for her daughter, abandoned by almost everybody she trusted, Mariana discovers she is pregnant. After dr. Sitaru operates on the little girl, in a risky manner, Carmen begins to feel increasingly worse. Without any hope, Mariana leaves the hospital and rushes to take Carmen home: while one life ends, another one begins to flicker.
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Iubire elenã
Title: Iubire elenã
Released: May 18, 2012
Type: Movie
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Title: Las Fierbinţi
Character: Rapidoaica
Released: March 1, 2012
Type: TV
A rural comedy where the intrigues caused by the upcoming elections in a small village give rise to a ridiculous war between the mayor and deputy mayor. Unfortunately, they have no clue that their struggle will prove to be in vain at the end of the election day.
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The End of Silence
Title: The End of Silence
Character: Anne
Released: December 7, 2011
Type: Movie
Centers on the Klein family, who live in a remote house in the mountains. Considered the black sheep, youngest son Jean is thrown out. Angry and threatening, he arrives at Nils and Ida's chalet for a hunting expedition. The next day, he learns how to kill. The following night, his mother's car is set on fire and he is blamed. He disappears into the mountains with a gun. On the third day, it pours down with rain and, in the evening, a storm brews. Shut up in their house, the Klein family await with dread the return of Jean, who will challenge them, weapon in hand.
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Title: In the Name of Honour
Character: Marieta Stuttman
Released: September 20, 2010
Type: TV
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Eva
Title: Eva
Character: Maria
Released: August 1, 2010
Type: Movie
Eva meets Tudor on the day of her 16th birthday. It is Tudor who is to make her feel whole as a woman. He becomes for her a source of both love and suffering through his constant mysterious departures and reappearances.
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The Green Moon
Title: The Green Moon
Character: Simona
Released: April 15, 2010
Type: Movie
Contemporary story of young people in search of happiness which one imagines coming from unseen meetings with people "hooked" on the Internet, the acquisition of works of art, from driving a luxury car in psychedelic music, theater, of money, for love.
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Title: Aniela
Character: Maica Irina
Released: September 14, 2009
Type: TV
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One second of life
Title: One second of life
Released: April 17, 2009
Type: Movie
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Black Sea
Title: Black Sea
Character: Madalina
Released: January 30, 2009
Type: Movie
It depicts the relationship between an elderly woman and her caregiver.
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My Mother, My Bride And I
Title: My Mother, My Bride And I
Character: Bogdana
Released: January 1, 2008
Type: Movie
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Mansfeld
Title: Mansfeld
Character: Mrs. Mansfeld
Released: September 14, 2006
Type: Movie
At 15 he and his family became victims of state terror. At 16 he became a freedom fighter to participate in the 1956 Revolution against Soviet oppression. At 17 he is betrayed and arrested by the dreaded Secret Police (AVH). Now he has to spend the remainder of his life in a political prison, called Hell's Hallway, to reach the legal age of 18 before his death penalty can be carried out. Peter Mansfeld was 18 when he was unjustly executed by the totalitarian regime of Hungary. Today he is remembered as one of the national heroes of Hungary.
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Margo
Title: Margo
Released: September 1, 2006
Type: Movie
Being forced into prostitution by her father, she finds solace in her friends and her journal.
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15
Title: 15
Character: Irene
Released: October 21, 2005
Type: Movie
A love story that happens in the background Revolution in Timișoara.
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L'homme pressé
Title: L'homme pressé
Character: Bonne de Bois de Rose
Released: March 28, 2005
Type: Movie
An antiques dealer misses out on some of life's pleasures because of his obsession with doing everything fast.
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Orient Express
Title: Orient Express
Character: Amalia Frunzetti
Released: September 24, 2004
Type: Movie
At an old age, prince Andrei Morudzi retreats to his castle in Romania, during the two world wars, after having lead an eventful youth. There he is seen upon as a rare bird by the local folk, due to his strange attitude towards life and his exquisit manners, which don't fit in the way of life of the villagers. But, in the end, despite trying to distance himself from the local people, he can't but influence their humble existences.
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Damen tango
Title: Damen tango
Character: Alexandra
Released: May 21, 2004
Type: Movie
Nothing seems to threaten the quiet and happy life of Alexandra and Mircea, a couple who's both admired and envied: love, successful careers, and wealth. And nothing seems to ever threaten the very special relation between a renowned university teacher and one her most gifted student, Alexandra and Corina: two women, two friends who, against the age gap, share the same goals, the same interests. Even the same love interests. Until one day, when the sensibility is stronger than the reason. And all of a sudden, everything that seemed certain, such as friendship, loyalty, love and devotion, turns into a terrible hate.
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The Big Question
Title: The Big Question
Character: Self
Released: February 25, 2004
Type: Movie
Although it was shot on the set of director Mel Gibson's controversial epic The Passion of the Christ, this thought-provoking documentary is not about the making of the movie. Rather, filmmakers Francesco Cabras and Alberto Molinari delve into the nature of divinity and spiritual beliefs through revealing interviews with Gibson and members of his cast and crew -- including stars Jim Caviezel and Monica Bellucci.
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The Passion of the Christ
Title: The Passion of the Christ
Character: Maria
Released: February 25, 2004
Type: Movie
A graphic portrayal of the last twelve hours of Jesus of Nazareth's life.
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Fool's Song
Title: Fool's Song
Character: Gina
Released: May 17, 2003
Type: Movie
The story is about Zoltán Frimont, who is a young French doctor of Hungarian origin. He is on a mission in Romania with his wife, who is also a doctor, when he collapses unexpectedly, and finds himself at a psychiatric institution in Transylvania.
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Rose's Songs
Title: Rose's Songs
Character: Olga
Released: March 19, 2003
Type: Movie
Autumn 1944. Yellow star, ghettos, Arrow Cross terror. The inhabitants of Hungary's capital, Budapest, await the tragic fulfilment of their fate with helpless resignation. However, above one of the city's villas, once a week in the evening the stars of hope sparkle, if only for a few minutes. This short time gives fresh heart to those hiding here and kindles hope in their tortured souls to live for another day. This mysterious power is none other than a beautiful song that can be heard at such times from the villa's tower room.
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Bed of Procust
Title: Bed of Procust
Character: Doamna T
Released: January 1, 2001
Type: Movie
The poet and journalist Ladima commits suicide and his friend, Fred Vasilescu, tries to find out the reasons of those actions. In his search he discovers a mysterious Miss T.
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Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula
Title: Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula
Character: Woman at Fountain
Released: October 31, 2000
Type: Movie
Meet the man behind the legend in this true story of Vlad the Impaler, whose vicious and cruel reputation as a bloodthirsty warlord became the basis for the myth of Dracula.
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The Death Triangle
Title: The Death Triangle
Character: Regina Maria
Released: May 21, 1999
Type: Movie
The Romanian army faces the German army in the epic battles of Marasti, Marasesti and Oituz, marking a turning point in World War 1.
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Față în față
Title: Față în față
Released: January 1, 1999
Type: Movie
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The Man of the Day
Title: The Man of the Day
Released: November 14, 1997
Type: Movie
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The Witman Boys
Title: The Witman Boys
Character: Mrs. Witman
Released: March 21, 1997
Type: Movie
Turn-of-the-century Hungary. Two young brothers, neglected by their cold and uncaring mother, descend deeper and deeper into psychosis, with tragic consequences.
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The Seventh Room
Title: The Seventh Room
Character: Edith Stein
Released: June 6, 1996
Type: Movie
An expressionist biography of Edith Stein, who converted from the Jewish faith to the Catholic one and became a Carmelite sister. She would die in a German concentration camp.
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Ulysses' Gaze
Title: Ulysses' Gaze
Character: Ulysses' Wives
Released: October 12, 1995
Type: Movie
An exiled filmmaker finally returns to his home country where former mysteries and afflictions of his early life come back to haunt him once more.
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Nostradamus
Title: Nostradamus
Character: Helen
Released: August 18, 1994
Type: Movie
A dramatic retelling of the life of Michel de Nostredame, from his early work as a plague doctor to his time at the court of Catherine de Medici, after he became famed for his prophetic almanacs. Stars Rutger Hauer and Julia Ormond.
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Betrayal
Title: Betrayal
Character: Maia Morgenstern
Released: November 24, 1993
Type: Movie
After the war, in Bucharest, a young Romanian poet arrested for having written an article denouncing Stalinist crimes, will save his life by accepting to become a hostage of the regime.
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Earth's Most Beloved Son
Title: Earth's Most Beloved Son
Character: Matilda
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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The Oak
Title: The Oak
Character: Nela
Released: September 16, 1992
Type: Movie
A description of Romania before Ceausescu's downfall, through the story of Nela. Daughter of a former colonel of the Securitate, the romanian political police. She refused to become as her sister, an agent of this Securitate, and lives with her father. After he died, she leaves Bucharest, and ends up in a little town, where she meets Mitica, a surgeon, another herself, laughing of everything.
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Casa din vis
Title: Casa din vis
Character: Vica
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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Forgotten by God
Title: Forgotten by God
Released: January 1, 1990
Type: Movie
The survivor of a cursed family seeks revenge on the lover who jilted her.
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Doar amintirile...
Title: Doar amintirile...
Released: December 29, 1989
Type: Movie
Short university film.
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Those Who Pay with Their Lives
Title: Those Who Pay with Their Lives
Character: Maria Sineşti
Released: October 16, 1989
Type: Movie
An uncompromising journalist obsessed with the idea of absolute justice ends up committing suicide after reading his father's biography. Based on three novels by Camil Petrescu.
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Maria and the Sea
Title: Maria and the Sea
Character: Maria
Released: January 1, 1988
Type: Movie
The wife of a sea captain has a tough time being alone without her husband which is in a long trip.
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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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Prea cald pentru luna mai
Title: Prea cald pentru luna mai
Character: Dorina
Released: December 14, 1984
Type: Movie
At a party, the class valedictorian gravely injures a passer by with some saucers thrown through the window. Characters are tested by what follows.
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Chained Justice
Title: Chained Justice
Character: Floraea
Released: September 10, 1984
Type: Movie
Inspired by true events, "Dreptate în lanturi" is a rough and poetic film, whose action is placed at the beginning of the last century. The movie sheds light on a Romanian peasant who fights against social injustice.
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The Secret of Bacchus
Title: The Secret of Bacchus
Character: Coca
Released: March 5, 1984
Type: Movie
Victor, an incisive journalist, discovers a series of irregularities in a State farming enterprise. His investigations will unmask the fraud committed by the person in charge of the wine section, called Bachus. Although aided by an impressive number of cronies, Bachus will not be able to hide forever infamous secret.
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A House in Kosovo
Title: A House in Kosovo
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
A Swedish guy, who grew up on the streets, becomes a successful business man, only in risk all he's built, to rescue a young Romanian girl he had wanted to adopt, from being organ harvested.
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The Passion of the Christ: Resurrection, Part One
Title: The Passion of the Christ: Resurrection, Part One
Character: Mary
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
A sequel to The Passion of the Christ (2004) focuses on the events that occurred three days between the crucifixion and resurrection when Jesus Christ descended to Abraham's Bosom to preach and resurrect Old Testament saints.
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Fata din Transilvania
Title: Fata din Transilvania
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Somewhere in the heart of Transylvania, in remote villages, odd traditions are still present. When a young man traveling to Sibiu for a business meeting makes a wrong turn and gets lost, a surprising chain of events changes his path.
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The Passion of the Christ: Resurrection, Part Two
Title: The Passion of the Christ: Resurrection, Part Two
Character: Mary
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
A sequel to "The Passion of the Christ: Resurrection, Part One"