The Ball ( "ball" in the sense of a football) is a 1958 Romanian drama film directed by Andrei Blaier and . It was entered into the 1st Moscow International Film Festival. In the Romania of the 1930s the economic crisis has serious impact on society. A teacher is fired from work and fights to make ends meet, while his paralyzed son dreams of a soccer ball with which to play. The father falls in with communist activists, one of whom helps him find a ball for his son.