Codine (1963)
An ex-convict struggles to survive by brute force alone in a turn-of-the-century slum in Bucharest. Codine is the thug who served 10 years for murdering a friend. He returns home to his miserly mother, whose penny-pinching ways infuriate her son. A young boy looks up to Codine, and through the man's eyes he sees the economic and social injustices from an adult perspective. When Codine kills another man who violated his trust, his mother becomes more unhinged and paranoid. Thinking her son will steal her hoarded money, she plots to kill her only son. The impressionable child watches in horror and amazement at the cruel machinations of the adult work that surrounds him.
Director:
Henri Colpi
Writer:
Henri Colpi
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Alexandru Virgil Platon as Codine |
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Răzvan Petrescu as Adrian Zografi |
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Françoise Brion as Irène |
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Nelly Borgeaud as Zoița Zograffi |
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Germaine Kerjean as Anastasia |
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Maurice Sarfati as Alexis |
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Eliza Petrăchescu as Catrina |
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Graziela Albini as Anghelina |
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Eugenia Bosânceanu as Mara |
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Dorin Dron as Ștefan |
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Victor Moldovan as Anton |
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Mihai Mereuţă as |
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Mihai Fotino as |
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Voicu Sabău as Adrian Zografi, Mature |
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Nicolae Budescu as Drunk |
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Constantin Stoica as Ion |
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Ion Anghel as |
| Directing | Henri Colpi | Director |
| Editing | Jasmine Chasney | Editor |
| Editing | Henri Colpi | Editor |
| Writing | Yves Jamiaque | Dialogue |
| Art | Marcel Bogos | Production Design |
| Writing | Dumitru Carabăț | Dialogue |
| Writing | Panait Istrati | Novel |
| Editing | Gabriela Nasta | Editor |
| Camera | Marcel Weiss | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Henri Colpi | Screenplay |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ileana Oroveanu | Costume Design |
| Sound | Theodor Grigoriu | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Stefan Horvath | Director of Photography |
