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Liviu Ciulei

Actor / Film Director / Architect / Costume Designer / Theatre Director / Screenwriter / Production Designer / Scenographer | * 07/07/1923 († 88, 10/24/2011) | Bucureşti (Romania)
Liviu Ciulei (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈlivju tʃjuˈlej]; 7 July 1923 – 24 October 2011) was a Romanian theater and film director, film writer, actor, architect, educator, costume and set designer. During a career spanning over 50 years, he was described by Newsweek as "one of the boldest and most challenging figures on the international scene". Ciulei is known for winning the Best Director Award at the 1965 Cannes Film Festival for his film Forest of the Hanged. In 1992 he was elected corresponding member of the Romanian Academy. He received a star on the Romanian Walk of Fame in Bucharest on 13 December 2012. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | History | War

Known for these Movies & Shows

In 1916 as an officer in the Habsburg Army ethnic Romanian Apostol Bologa is torn between remaining loyal to the Habsburgs or deserting to the Romanian Army across enemy lines. ...

Forest of the Hanged

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1965 | 3.3/5 | 2h 38min
Drama, History, War, Romance / Love
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The eruption of an oil well is much needed for the survival of the workers and their families living nearby. ...

Eruption

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1957 | 2.5/5 | 1h 33min
Drama
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Ciulei’s second feature recalls the best of Fritz Lang and Michael Curtiz in its WWII-era espionage tale, set on a barge transporting Nazi munitions up the Danube. Ciulei himself givers a superb per ...

The Waves of the Danube

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1960 | 3.0/5 | 1h 50min
War, Drama
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Follows the inner transformation of a man who tried to fight his demon, the love for money, and lost. ...

The Mill of Good Luck

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1957 | 3.0/5 | 1h 50min
Drama, Crime
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Awards & Nominations for Liviu Ciulei

Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Director Order of the Star of Romania State Prize of The Romanian People's Republic Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Play
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Movies with Liviu Ciulei as Actor(13)

as Dinicu Golescu1979 Phalanstery
as Leibniz1975 The Romanian Musketeer
as Dobrescu1972 Love Begins on Friday
as Manicatide1971 The Making of the World
as Bărcan1971 The Take-Off
as Klapka1965 Forest of the Hanged
as Professor Bercescu1963 Cerul n-are gratii
as Bogdan1961 Soldiers without Uniform
as Mihai1960 The Waves of the Danube
as Spion1955 Alarm in the Mountains
as Bulldogul1953 Nepoţii gornistului
as Dumitru1951 In Our Village
1938 France is an Empire

Movies with Liviu Ciulei as Crew(7)

Art/Production Design1971 The Making of the World
Directing/Director1965 Forest of the Hanged
Directing/Director1960 The Waves of the Danube
Directing/Director1957 Eruption
Directing/Assistant Director1957 The Mill of Good Luck
Art/Production Design1953 Nepoţii gornistului
Art/Production Design1952 Mitrea Cocor

Full Name: Liviu Ciulei
Citizenship: Romania
Born: Saturday, 07/07 1923 (July) in Bucureşti (Romania)
Died: Monday, 10/24 2011 (October) in Munich (aged: 88)
Zodiac sign: Cancer (Chinese zodiac sign: Pig)
Languages: German (DE), English (EN), Romanian (RO)
Educated at: Gheorghe Lazăr National College
Member of: Romanian Academy
Spouses (current/former): Clody Bertola
Student of: Marietta Sadova
Other names for Liviu Ciulei (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Ливиу Чулей"
Liviu Ciulei frequently works together with these people:
Francisc Munteanu (6x, Crew)
Ileana Oroveanu (4x, Crew)
Andrei Codarcea (4x, Actor)
Titus Lapteș (4x, Actor)
Ovidiu Gologan (4x, Crew)
Giulio Tincu (4x, Crew)
Ștefan Ciubotărașu (4x, Actor)
Marga Barbu (4x, Actress)
Titus Popovici (4x, Crew)
Nucu Păunescu (4x, Actor)
Willy Ronea (3x, Cast)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:552692, Added: 10/10/2018, Last updated: 04/13/2024