A Lost Letter () is a 1953 Romanian historical comedy film directed by and Victor Iliu.Slater p.327 It is based on the 1884 play A Lost Letter by Ion Luca Caragiale.
Plot A compromising love letter that goes astray threatens to cause a scandal in a small provincial town in the late nineteenth century.
Cast Marcel Anghelescu as Ghiță Pristanda Costache Antoniu as (a drunk citizen) as Ștefan Tipătescu Radu Beligan as Agamemnon Dandanache Ion Finteșteanu as Tache Farfuridi Alexandru Giugaru as Zaharia Trahanache Elvira Godeanu as Zoe Trahanache Ion Henter as Ionescu Ion Talianu as Nae Cațavencu Grigore Vasiliu-Birlic as Brânzovenescu
Reception The film is the directorial debut of Alexandrescu, a renowned theater director, who had staged the play at the Teatrului Naţional; Tudor Caranfil, noting various changes in the cast, praised the production.
The adaptation was judged of an "absolute fidelity" to the play.
References
Bibliography Thomas J. Slater. Handbook of Soviet and East European films and filmmakers. Greenwood Press, 1992.
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