A Lost Letter (1954)
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....
- Released
- 1954-02-26
- Genres
- Comedy
- Runtime
- 135 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Sică Alexandrescu, Victor Iliu
- TMDB rating
- 7.5/10 from 8 votes
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
- Radu Beligan as Agamemnon Dandanache
- Ion Finteşteanu as Tache Farfuridi
- Ion Talianu as Nae Cațavencu
- Elvira Godeanu as Zoe Trahanache