Why Are the Bells Ringing, Mitica? (1981)
De ce trag clopotele, Mitica?
119 min
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.
- Release date
- September 26, 1981
- Country of origin
- Romania
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Cast
- Victor Rebengiuc as Pampon
- Mariana Mihut as Mita Baston
- Tora Vasilescu as Didina Mazu
- Gheorghe Dinica as Nae
- Petrica Gheorghiu as Crăcănel
- Mircea Diaconu as Iordache
- Stefan Iordache as Mitica
- Florin Zamfirescu
- Stefan Banica
- Ion Anghel
- Tamara Buciuceanu-Botez
- Magda Catone
- Vasile Muraru
- Costel Constantin
- Mitica Popescu
- Constantin Baltaretu
Crew
- Lucian Pintilie · Director
- Lucian Pintilie · Writer
- Ion Luca Caragiale · Writer
- Florin Mihailescu · Cinematographer
- Eugenia Naghi · Editor
- Paul Bortnowski · Production designer
- Nicolae Schiopu · Production designer