A Lost Letter (film)

A Lost Letter
Directed by	Sică Alexandrescu [ro] Victor Iliu
Written by	Ion Luca Caragiale (1884 play)
Cinematography	Andrei Feher
Edited by	Aurelia Simionov
Release date	1953 (1953)
Running time	135 minutes
Country	Romania
Language	Romanian

A Lost Letter (Romanian: O scrisoare pierdută) is a 1953 Romanian historical comedy film directed by Sică Alexandrescu [ro] and Victor Iliu.[1] 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 Un cetățean turmentat (a drunk citizen)
• Nicky Atanasiu [ro] 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

References

1. Slater p.327

Bibliography

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

External links

• A Lost Letter at IMDb