Mingea (1958)
With his nose pressed against the glass, four-year-old Ionel watches the kids playing ball in the street with great interest. His father, a schoolteacher, has lost his job. Now he goes to various institutions in vain, because in bourgeois Romania it is not easy to find a job. Ionel waits for his father every night and while waiting for him he dreams of getting a real yellow ball for his birthday. His father realizes that it is necessary to get the money and buy the ball. After all, the boy is crippled, and the ball is the only hope for him to get well...
Directors: Siniša Ivetić, Andrei Blaier.
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Lazăr Vrabie as Father |
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Ion Bodeanu as Ionel |
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Andrei Codarcea as Chirita |
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Ion Ulmeni as High school principal |
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Sandu Sticlaru as Politalul |
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Lucia Mara Dabija as Music teacher |
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Antoaneta Gilmeanu as |
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Chirita Misail as |
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Consuela Rosu as |
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Mircea Stroe as |
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Mircea Constantin-Govora as |
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Tatiana Stefanescu as |
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Pavel Enache as |
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Zaharia Ionescu as |
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Constantin Vaeni as |
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Georges Stanescu as |
| Writing | Andrei Blaier | Writer |
| Directing | Siniša Ivetić | Director |
| Sound | Anatol Vieru | Music |
| Directing | Andrei Blaier | Director |
| Writing | Francisc Munteanu | Writer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gertruda Gorea | Costume Design |
| Sound | Bujor Suru | Sound |
| Camera | Lupu Gutman | Director of Photography |
| Art | Ladislau Labancz | Production Design |
| Writing | Siniša Ivetić | Writer |
| Editing | Eugenia Gorovei | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Elisabeta Harth | Makeup Artist |