Why Are the Bells Ringing, Mitica?

The story

Based on a theatrical text by Romanian writer Ion Luca Caragiale (1852-1912), who was a bitter and funny witness of the turn-of-the-20th-century Romanian bourgeois mores, Carnival Scenes manages to preserve and further enhance the slightly hysteric atmosphere of his plays. Pintilie creates a strange combination of carnival scenes which is brought to the screen as a burlesque, fast-paced, screwball comedy with a meditative undertone. This film was banned in Romania for a decade until the death of Ceausescu in 1989 and was only released after the 1989 revolution.

Cast

V Victor RebengiucPampon M Mariana MihuțMita Baston T Tora VasilescuDidina Mazu G Gheorghe DinicăNae P Petre GheorghiuCrăcănel M Mircea DiaconuIordache Ş Ştefan IordacheMitica F Florin Zamfirescu Ș Ștefan Bănică C Constantin Băltărețu I Ion Anghel J Jorj Voicu

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A Alexandru Drăgan T Tamara Buciuceanu-Botez A Aurel Giurumia A Aurel Cioranu R Radu Panamarenco P Papil Panduru M Magda Catone V Vasile Muraru C Constantin Diplan C Costel Constantin M Mitică Popescu