Nicolae Mărgineanu

Nicolae Mărgineanu

Birth : 1938-09-25, Cluj, Cluj, România

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Nicolae Mărgineanu

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The Cardinal
Director
In the fifties, the leaders of the Greek-Catholic church are arrested and sent to the Sighet prison.The soviet regime has banned any church except the orthodox. Tortured and dehumanized, the only choices are conversion or death. The bishop Iuliu Hossu stands up in front of the torturers and through courage and stature becomes an inspiration for the other priests.
White Gate
Writer
Two young men are sent to a labour camp when they try to escape Romania.
White Gate
Director
Two young men are sent to a labour camp when they try to escape Romania.
Father Arsenie Boca: A Man of God
Director
Arsenie Boca (1910 - 1989) was a Romanian Orthodox monk, theologian and artist. He was persecuted by the Communists and named among the 100 greatest Romanians.
Currency Exchange
Director
How far can one person go to try and reclaim what they have lost? In a country town, Emil (Cosmin Selesi) becomes unemployed when the factory where he worked closes. After his wife loses her job as well, the two decide to travel to Australia; drawbacks, however, start even before they board a plane.
Bless You, Prison
Writer
Based on Nicole Valery-Grossu's European best seller autobiographic novel "Bless you, prison", the film is a true story, with real events and characters. A young intellectual woman, Nicole is arrested. There follow three months of exhausting interrogation and isolation. Alone in a cell, she undergoes a spiritual experience similar to that of the great mystics.
Bless You, Prison
Director
Based on Nicole Valery-Grossu's European best seller autobiographic novel "Bless you, prison", the film is a true story, with real events and characters. A young intellectual woman, Nicole is arrested. There follow three months of exhausting interrogation and isolation. Alone in a cell, she undergoes a spiritual experience similar to that of the great mystics.
The Famous Paparazzo
Director
A tabloid photographer is given the assignment to follow a politician suspected to have sexual relations with an underage girl.
Fii cu ochii pe fericire
Producer
A 20 year class reunion, at Snagov, in a villa that belonged to Ceaușescu and now melongs to a media magnate. The reunion is hijacked by a magnatețs son, who makes it into a talk show, in which he humiliates an expat.
Capul de zimbru
Director
Priveste înainte cu mânie
Director
After the revolution of December 1989, Romania is in full transition. Incertainty and chaos have followed Ceausescu's downfall. Fane, a worker in a wharf on the river Danube, is a former dissident who was in involved in politically motivated uprisings. Now that he has achieved what he has fought for, he is unemployed and everything around him seems to fall to pieces. His whole family falls victim to the changes of the early 90s. His daughter prostitutes herself, his elder son ends up in prison and his younger son becomes a thief.
Undeva în Est
Producer
Undeva în Est
Writer
Undeva în Est
Director
A Clod of Clay
Writer
A movie about the friendship between Ion Creanga and Mihai Eminescu.
A Clod of Clay
Director
A movie about the friendship between Ion Creanga and Mihai Eminescu.
Flames Over Treasures
Director
Deep in the Transylvanian Alps, the Archangels gold mine is the stage for an epic battle of characters. The arrogant owner is struggling with perceptions of ghosts in the mind of the miners. A maverick free-lance miner is helping him to find the source of terrifying noises that frightened his workers.
The Forest Woman
Writer
Busuioc (Victor Rebengiuc), un taran bogat din Curtici isi trimite fiul Iorgovan (Adrian Pintea), impreuna cu servitorul Sofron (Serban Ionescu) in satul vecin pentru a gasi oameni la munca campului. Iorgovan este indragostit de Simina (Manuela Harabor), fiica unui taran sarac, dintr-un sat de munte, in cautarea careia pleaca. Cum si Simina ii impartaseste sentimentele ea accepta sa vina la culesul recoltei impreuna cu tatal sau. Sentimentele lui Iorgovan sunt confuze, este slab si sfasiat intre dragostea sincera pentru Simina si obstacolul prejudecatilor si diferentelor de pozitie sociala. In acest timp Sofron, tanarul servitor al acestuia, se indragosteste la randu-i de Simina. Infruntarea dintre cei doi pretendenti devine din ce in ce mai acuta, fapt care va limpezi atitudinea fiecaruia fata de femeia pe care amandoi o iubesc.
The Forest Woman
Director
Busuioc (Victor Rebengiuc), un taran bogat din Curtici isi trimite fiul Iorgovan (Adrian Pintea), impreuna cu servitorul Sofron (Serban Ionescu) in satul vecin pentru a gasi oameni la munca campului. Iorgovan este indragostit de Simina (Manuela Harabor), fiica unui taran sarac, dintr-un sat de munte, in cautarea careia pleaca. Cum si Simina ii impartaseste sentimentele ea accepta sa vina la culesul recoltei impreuna cu tatal sau. Sentimentele lui Iorgovan sunt confuze, este slab si sfasiat intre dragostea sincera pentru Simina si obstacolul prejudecatilor si diferentelor de pozitie sociala. In acest timp Sofron, tanarul servitor al acestuia, se indragosteste la randu-i de Simina. Infruntarea dintre cei doi pretendenti devine din ce in ce mai acuta, fapt care va limpezi atitudinea fiecaruia fata de femeia pe care amandoi o iubesc.
Return from Hell
Screenplay
Two men depend on each other for survival in the first world war, but something in their past might prevent them to get along. Will they be able to put everything aside in order to survive?
Return from Hell
Director
Two men depend on each other for survival in the first world war, but something in their past might prevent them to get along. Will they be able to put everything aside in order to survive?
Stefan Luchian
Director
Recreating the early twentieth century in Bucharest, leading to an unforgettable journey to the cultural space of Romania bohemia. The film follows the life of one of the famous for his landscapes and still lifes most renowned painters of Romania.
Al treilea salt mortal
Writer
Mai presus de orice
Director
Docu-drama about the earthquake in Romania, on March 4, 1977. The film was not broadcast in the country.
Man in Overcoat
Director
Threatening letters, phone calls in the middle of the night... Who is threatening engineer Stamatiad?
The Prophet, the Gold, and the Transylvanians
Cinematography
Two peasants from Transylvania go to America in order to meet their brother who had left Romania ten years earlier. They meet a prophet in the American state of Utah and eventually help the cause of justice in the villages where the prophet proves to be a dictator and exploiter of the coal miners over there.
A Summer Tale
Cinematography
The rise and fall of the opportunistic Tănase Scatiu, a boyar in 19th century Wallachia.
Magic Circle
Writer
Two murders initially appear to be motivated by personal interest. However, at a closer look, they appear to be something completely different.
The Captain Martens Brothers
Cinematography
Historical movie based on the "fratii Jderi" book. The movie is in the top 20 most watched Romanian movies.
Hidden Mountain
Cinematography
A young man is taking hard his parents divorce and constant absence, so he decides to work on a hydro dam project. Here he finds some relatives that serve as a family.
The Poseidon Explosion
Director of Photography
A group of firefighters discover explosives on an abandoned ship which threatens the local city
Brigade Miscellaneous on Alert
Cinematography
The adventures of three Romanian inept petty criminals during the 1970s.
Brigade Miscellaneous in the Mountains and at the Sea
Cinematography
Misc. Brigade must solve a drug traffic case, in their own way
Life in Pink
Director of Photography
Filmed exclusively outdoors, without dialogues, 'Life in Pink' presents a mysterious pursuit between two young handsome men. Their motivation is not clear, nor the type of relationship they have, nor whether they knew each other beforehand or not. But there's a certain fascination between them, even a possible attraction, one of an erotic nature.
An Ordinary Afternoon
Director of Photography
In a humble hotel room, a young railwayman is preparing for a meeting with a girl we never see because she never arrives.
Soul's Redemption: A Pocket Guide
Director
While a gruff inspector mentors a new hire, he flips their usual routine when he investigates a monk with a link to a fatal incident from years ago.