Manole Marcus

Biography

Manole Marcus (8 January 1928 – 12 October 1994) was a Romanian film director and screenwriter. Many of the actors who starred in his films won awards for their performances. In 1955 he graduated from the I.L. Caragiale Institute of Theatre and Film Arts (IATC). He made his directing debut with the short film La mere [ro] (1953), directed together with Iulian Mihu. The 1950s was a difficult period for Romanian film, as filmmakers had to give up most of the "conquests" in terms of cinematic language obtained before the end of World War II. Culture was then subjected to a pseudo-artistic socialist realism, which called for works with excessively politicized topics. In this climate, Marcus made a number of comedy films of lesser value, such as such as I do Not Want to Get Married (1960) and The District of Joy (1964). Towards the second half of the 1960s, the director adopted a more serious tone. His talent as a director started to be appreciated and recognized after the dramatic tone of the movies Virgo (1966), The Canary and the Blizzard [ro] (1969), and The Power and the Truth [ro] (1972). The 1969 movie, which talks about the price of freedom of political underground mission, pu…

Directed

1. Operation 'The Monster' (1976) — Director
2. The Actor and the Savages (1975) — Director
3. Prides (1982) — Director
4. I Don't Want to Get Married (1961) — Director
5. The Trap (1974) — Director
6. Mitică Popescu (1984) — Director
7. The Man We Need (1979) — Director
8. The Power and The Truth (1972) — Director
9. Virgo Sign (1967) — Director
10. Like in Films (1983) — Director
11. The Cyanide and the Raindrop (1978) — Director
12. Long Way to Tipperary (1973) — Director
13. The Conspiracy (1973) — Director
14. The Canary and the Blizzard (1970) — Director
15. Streets Have Memories (1962) — Director
16. Life Doesn't Spare (1959) — Director
17. Merriment Ward (1964) — Director
18. The Dragonfly Bag (1981) — Director
19. The Apple Trees — Director
20. Marea sfidare (1990) — Director