Why Are the Bells Ringing, Mitica?
De ce trag clopotele, Mitică?
Release: 1981-09-26
·Runtime: 132m
·★ 5.8
Comedy
Drama
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.
Production Countries
Romania
Production Companies
Casa de Filme Unu
Casa de Filme Cinci
Cast
Aurel Cioranu
Papil Panduru
Mitică Popescu
Gheorghe Dinică
as Nae
Florin Zamfirescu
Ștefan Bănică
Tamara Buciuceanu-Botez
Victor Rebengiuc
as Pampon
Ştefan Iordache
as Mitica
Constantin Băltărețu
Jorj Voicu
Magda Catone
Vasile Muraru
Constantin Diplan
Mariana Mihuț
as Mita Baston
Tora Vasilescu
as Didina Mazu
Aurel Giurumia
Costel Constantin
Petre Gheorghiu
as Crăcănel
Mircea Diaconu
as Iordache
