Ernest Maftei Movies

The struggle to convince the peasants to join the collective farm in Romania 60s.

A propaganda movie about the confrontation between the communists and secret police, legionaires in Romania.

Historical movie based on the "The Martens Brothers" (Romanian: Frații Jderi) novel. Ionut is the youngest son of Commissar Jder, a trusted man...

The title translates as Fools of Bărăgan, in reference to a band of beleaguered feudal Rumanian peasants. But these are no fools: instead,...

Păcală, a young man without too many expectations from life, is tired of wandering around the world and driven by the longing for his...

Lizuca is only six years old, not much older than her pet dachshund Patrocle, when her mother dies and she is left to live with her grandparents on...

A continuation of a story started in the drama "With Clean Hands" (1972). Commissioner Miclovan's last cartridge is still hot in the pocket of Roman....

A young engineer arrives for a short time in Bucharest, where he reconnects with the girl that he loves since college. They get married, and she...

A war story. survivors. refugees. few essential meetings. and great actors. a film inspired from Zaharia Stancu short story. about pain, search of...

Paul Vasiliu, a geologist, returns to his native village. Excavating for irrigation works gives him the opportunity to discover some valuable...

In 1919 at the end of WW1 Romanian peasant Manolache Preda returns to his native village where he finds his woman taken by another and his land sold...

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...

In 19th century Wallachia war-bands of Ottoman Turks from across the Danube river raid Wallachia with impunity, while Wallachia's Phanariote rulers...

A prosecutor, policemen and teacher take the students Vuica and Nicu to a restaurant to re-enact their drunken brawl there, and have it filmed to...

The movie is about the historic moment in which the PNȚ political party has attempted to form a government in exile to counteract the Petru...

Vitoria, a strong-willed peasant woman from the mountains, sets out on a relentless journey to find out what happened to her husband, the shepherd...

During the Second World War, a writer meets two young people, a girl and a boy, who are doing actions to undermine the fascist regime in power.

The life of Dacian war-leader Burebista who ruled between 80-44 B.C.and founded a strong Dacian Kingdom despite considerable pressure from the...

Margelatu, the feared criminal helps the Romanian resistance to fight the dictatorial authorities.