A Lost Letter (film)

A Lost Letter (Romanian: O scrisoare pierdută) is a 1953 Romanian historical comedy film directed by and Victor Iliu. It is based on the 1884 play A Lost Letter by Ion Luca Caragiale.

Plot

A compromising love letter that goes astray threatens to cause a scandal in a small provincial town in the late nineteenth century.

Cast

• Marcel Anghelescu as Ghiță Pristanda
• Costache Antoniu as (a drunk citizen)
• as Ștefan Tipătescu
• Radu Beligan as Agamemnon Dandanache
• Ion Finteșteanu as Tache Farfuridi
• Alexandru Giugaru as Zaharia Trahanache
• Elvira Godeanu as Zoe Trahanache
• Ion Henter as Ionescu
• Ion Talianu as Nae Cațavencu
• Grigore Vasiliu-Birlic as Brânzovenescu

Reception

The film is the directorial debut of Alexandrescu, a renowned theater director, who had staged the play at the Teatrului Naţional; Tudor Caranfil, noting various changes in the cast, praised the production.

The adaptation was judged of an "absolute fidelity" to the play.

References

Bibliography

• Thomas J. Slater. Handbook of Soviet and East European films and filmmakers. Greenwood Press, 1992.

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