Ioan Grigorescu

Birth : 1930-10-19, Ploieşti, Prahova, România

Death : 2011-03-26

Movies

Kira Kiralina
Screenplay
A movie adaptation of the eponymous novel by Panait Istrati, which tells the story of a mysterious, beautiful woman which, together with her mom, is selling her charms. The movie is filled with the atmosphere of Brăila in the 1900s
The Idle Princes of the Old Court
Screenplay
A subtile, soft exploration of the relation between love and death.
Mirror
Writer
Depicts Romania during World War II, focusing on the Royal Coup that toppled Ion Antonescu, the Axis-allied Conducător and authoritarian Prime Minister. Focused around the August 23rd 1944 coup against Marshal Antonescu, the movie also tackles other topics from the same era such as the Iron Guard rebellion and the execution of political leaders by communists.
Złoty pociąg
Screenplay
An Item of News
Writer
A typesetter is in search of an anonymous hero that saved two children.
The Ring
Screenplay
Andrei is now a truck driver, but in one of his travels to Germany, he must become once again a boxer just for one night at the middleweight category.
I Want to Know Why I Have Wings
Writer
Dan is a kid whose existence is ravaged by family problems. His parents are divorced, and he is hopeful that they will reconcile.
Un echipaj pentru Singapore
Writer
Arms of Afrodite
Writer
A Romanian construction company is contracted to build a sea port in Morocco. In the process they find some roman artifacts.
Operation 'The Bus'
Screenplay
In 1950 a Western spy is clandestinely parachuted into Communist Romania to retrieve secret WW2 codes and agent lists and also to assist a group of anti-Communist guerrillas escape but the Communist police is setting a trap.
The Green Grass of Home
Writer
After refusing to compromise at his job, a university professor leaves the city and returns to his native village for the first time in many years.
Oil
Writer
When a huge fire erupts at an oil field in the wilds of the Sahara Desert, an American who specializes in fighting oil-field fires and his team are called in to put it out. As the fire rages out of control, the expert finds that he not only has to battle the fire but greed and political corruption as well.
The Poseidon Explosion
Screenplay
A group of firefighters discover explosives on an abandoned ship which threatens the local city
Felix and Otilia
Writer
In this monumental Romanian film, a large family and its many generations vie for advantage, seeking to win the inheritance sure to be left behind by a wealthy older man of the clan. This movie is based on a popular novel by George Calinescu, and is similar in some ways to England's BBC television series, The Forsythe Saga, based on Galsworthy's books. Along the way, stories of friendship, love and rivalry emerge. In one story, a poor young man is disappointed in love as his girl chooses lucre over love in selecting a mate.
The Canary and the Blizzard
Novel
In the winter of 1933, an illegalist (a communist, member of a political party a party outlawed at the time) assumes the mission of a wounded colleague to transmit a secret message.
The Canary and the Blizzard
Screenplay
In the winter of 1933, an illegalist (a communist, member of a political party a party outlawed at the time) assumes the mission of a wounded colleague to transmit a secret message.
Underneath the Surface
Writer
A oil and gas engineer applies a new extraction technology. When something goes wrong, almost everybody are quick to assign blame.
Merriment Ward
Writer
How a worker family living in a worker neighborhood of between wars Bucharest come involved with the communist movement.
Streets Have Memories
Writer
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.