Blestemul pământului, blestemul iubirii (The curse of the land, the curse of love) is a 1981 Romanian drama film directed by Mircea Mureșan. The film is an adaptation of Liviu Rebreanu's 1920 social novel , starring Șerban Ionescu as the titular character, a poor Transylvanian peasant.
The movie was mostly shot in the village of Fântânele, near Sibiu, from 5 April 1978 to 9 February 1979. The release was delayed due to concerns raised by the communist censors. The premiere took place on 14 April 1980, at the Patria Cinema in Bucharest; the film was watched by 3,469,709 spectators in Romanian cinemas.
Cast Șerban Ionescu – Ion – Vasile Baciu Ioana Crăciunescu – Ana Baciu Leopoldina Bălănuță – Zenobia Octavian Cotescu – Zaharia Herdelea – Titu Herdelea Tamara Buciuceanu – Maria Herdelea Valentin Teodosiu – Gheorghe Catrinel Dumitrescu – Laura Ion Besoiu – Priest Belciug – Lieutenant – Savista – Count – Ghighi – Dernstein – Innkeeper Avrum Sorina Stănculescu – Florica – Protopope Pintea Livia Baba – Wife of protopope Pintea Ion Hidișan – Alexandru Pop-Glanetașu – Inspector Radu Basarab – Doctor Hans Pomarius – Beck Teodor Portărescu – Mayor Florea Tancu Nae Floca-Acileni – Simion Butunoiu Mircea Hîndoreanu – Toma Bulbuc Petre Lupu Daniel Tomescu Ferenc Fábián Petre Gheorghiu – Goe, music teacher Rodica Nițescu Avram Besoiu – Marchidan Mircea Cruceanu Crina Cojocaru Ion Porsila Romulus Bărbulescu Constantin Stănescu Petre Vasilescu Emilia Porojan Paul Mocanu Ion Grapinni Stefan Erdös Klaus Hinn Conradt Kurt Marieta Gaspar Eugenia Barcan Traian Dragoș
Dubbing – Wife of protopope Pintea – Beck Jean Constantin – Protopope Pintea Gheorghe Dănilă – Simion Butunoiu – Alexandru Pop-Glanetașu Luminița Gheorghiu – Florica – Marchidan Florin Zamfirescu – Toma Bulbuc
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