Andrei Blaier — Director (10)

Movie

Furtuna (1960)
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Andrei Blaier / Sinișa Ivetici actor: I·马塔 / T·其米特鲁 …
other title: 风暴 / The Storm
The Nazi troops are retreating from Romania. On a wester town, they have to be held back until some strategic trains can leave the train station.

Movie

Anything for Soccer (1978)
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other title: Totul pentru fotbal / Alles für das Fußballspiel
In a small provincial town everything goes well, apart from sports activities. The local soccer team is on the verge of relegation. But the ones responsible with the team are ready to do "everything for soccer", even match-fixing.

Movie

Steps in the Sky (1977)
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other title: Trepte pe cer
Ion is the head of workers' team who install high-voltage lines in the mountains. He discovers a design error that could put many lives in jeopardy and knows that the chief designer is Valeria, his ex-girlfriend from adolescent days.

Movie

Mingea (1958)
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Andrei Blaier / Sinișa Ivetici actor: Ion Bodeanu
other title: 足球 / The Ball
罗马尼亚儿童片导演Andrei Blaier的首部长片,64分钟,黑白。This movie is a good example of the communist propaganda being advertised in 50-60's Romanian movies. The action takes places in a 30's Romania hit hard by economic crisis. The main character is a school teacher who gets fired from his job and struggles to make ends meet. His four year old cripple son really wants to have a ball(football) to play with. His father really wants to see him happy so he takes some money from his measly life savings and goes to town to look for a ball. Rain starts to pour down and the father finds shelter in a perilous place where he gets robbed of his money. In the next few days he desperately looks for a job but his efforts are in vain. He meets a group of communist party members who attract him to their organization. Along them, he participates in demonstrations on the streets that support the development socialist of the movement. One of his neighbors, also a communist buys a ball for the boy and makes his dream come true.