Corneliu Gîrbea

Mercenaries' Trap

The movie is based on a true story from the end of WWI, in Transylvania. A nobleman who owned some land in Transylvania returns home to find a part of his fortune burned to ashes during late 1918 when power was trasfered from AustroHungary to Romania. Looking for revenge, he ordered the killing of innocent Romanian peasants from a neighbouring village, which he suspected to be guilty for the losses he suffered. A Romanian officer from Romanian Transylvanian Volunteers Corp, decides to help the villagers to face the menace of the nobleman

Proud Heritage

After 1394 King Mircea the Elder, ruler of Wallachia, ponders the eventual consequences of a military alliance with the Poles versus one with the Turks.

Michael, the Dog That Sang

The adventures of the Irish terrier Michael began the moment he ran to the shore during a walk. Here he was picked up by the steward of the schooner McCambo, Dag Daughtry. Dag decided to sell the purebred dog at the nearest port, secretly brought Michael onto the schooner and hid him in his cabin. Michael was given another name. He became very attached to his new owner, with whom he would have to go through many happy and sad days, break up after a series of dramatic events and meet again.

The Punishment

In 1919 at the end of WW1 Romanian peasant Manolache Preda returns to his native village where he finds his woman taken by another and his land sold to the local landowner.

Uncle Marin, the Billionaire

At a swanky hotel in a Black Sea resort, Gogu, one of the hotel employees, meets his uncle Marin, an Oltenian peasant who has come to visit. Gogu says he can sneak Marin into the hotel, as one of the rooms is empty awaiting the arrival of an American billionaire, Mr. Juvett. Marin is amazed by the revealing clothing worn by women at the resort, while the hotel guests are fascinated by his quaint peasant costume. In the hotel room, Marin is perplexed by the various gadgets. Meanwhile, the gangsters learn that Juvett has arrived at the hotel. Juvett is the father of the kidnapped girl, and is coming to pass over a million dollar ransom. A rival gang, who know about the kidnapping, plan to take the ransom for themselves. They follow Marin, believing him to be Juvett.

The Dacians

The great King of Dacia, Decebal (Decebalus), is disposed to make the ultimate sacrifice in order to keep the integrity of his people. His own son, Cotyso, is given to the god Zamolxis to the dismay of the King and his daughter Meda. Septimius Severus, a young Roman devoted to his adopted country, must make the choice between his blood origins and the culture he was introduced to.

Alarm in the Mountains

An spy film set in a mountainous border area. The grenadiers are confronted with spies parachuted into Romania to retrieve and carry abroad the secret documents of a forestry combine.

Ciuleandra

After he kills his beloved wife, Puiu Faranga is helped by his father to fake insanity.

Michael the Brave

An epic fresco depicting the reign (1593-1601) of Mihai Pătrașcu (better known as "Mihai Viteazul" / "Michael the Brave"), the famous prince who united the three provinces: Transalpine Vallachia, Transylvania and Moldavia, into the country of Romania, at the end of the 16th century (1599-1601) against the opposition of the Ottoman and Austrian Empires, this movie features large scale battle scenes mixed with political intrigues, murderous treachery, and family drama.

With Clean Hands

A story of an apolitical police commissar who is using odd methods against the gangsters.

A Police Inspector Calls

The Iron Guard, also known as Legion of Archangel Michael, was a Romanian nationalist and patriotic movement of extreme right; as such, after it rose to power, it supported Nazi Germany and started a fierce campaign of retaliation against its political enemies. As such, in the night of November 26-27, 1940, the Death Teams executed forty political prisoners in the Jilava prison (in the movie, named "Viraga"), and next day, other two Teams arrested and shot the former minister Virgil Madgearu and the world famous historian Nicolae Iorga. To squash down the political outcry, the Police Prefect Stefan Zävoianu conveniently assigns the cases to a commissioner from the "Morals Division" (prostitution, thieves), Tudor Moldovan, hoping that he will fail to get to the bottom of the case. However, Moldovan has communist sympathies, so he quickly comes under the influence of the Bolshevik Pîrvu, who had escaped during the Viraga...

The Secret of Bacchus

Victor, an incisive journalist, discovers a series of irregularities in a State farming enterprise. His investigations will unmask the fraud committed by the person in charge of the wine section, called Bachus. Although aided by an impressive number of cronies, Bachus will not be able to hide forever infamous secret.

The Migrant Birds Are Coming

In the Barza village, people grew accustomed to see doctors leave with the migratory birds. With the new doctor, they will have a surprise...

Secretul lui Nemesis

The administrator of a huge apartment block in Bucharest, a former great Communist Party activist, now in disgrace, eliminated from politics and perched at the head of a tenants' association, through methods he used in his former political positions - blackmail and anonymous letters - a sex obsessed man, ends up terrorizing honest people, people who are looking for justice. Will they find it?

For Motherland

In 1877 during the Russo-Turkish war the Kingdom of Romania joins the war on Russia's side and declares its independence from the Ottoman Empire.

Iancu Jianu, Outlaw

The movie is set in 1788-1843, a tumultuous era for Walla Wallachia, when the Phanariot regime was exercising its power over the people. In a world marked by oppression, the young Iancu Jianu becomes a symbol of resistance, fighting against abuses. Together with his friend Mereanu, Jianu plans courageous actions to stand up to the tyranny of the Phanariots and bring justice to the country. His journey brings him into contact with Tudor Vladimirescu, the leader of the 1821 rebellion movement, and the two unite in a fierce struggle for freedom and independence.

The Duel

Officer Moldovan must solve the case of a robbery. Credit Central Bank was robbed fast and hard by a gang of professionals. Moldovan is trying to catch the man behind Rica Pasarin, the gang leader, by using his brother, who is a pickpocket thief.

The Recruitment

Lured by a delusional offer, a young geologist ravels abroad where he falls in the tentacles of an economic spying multinational, that forces him to play as its agents sing for him. Well endowed morally and physically, our geologist passes with flying banners the tests, more so, he even resists the charms of an irresistible lady agent, only to be able to return home, where it's very obvious for him what he has to do! —Tudor Caranfil & Mihnea Columbeanu

Mad Forest

A young communist returns to a small provincial town.

Blackmail

A gang falsifies college degrees and sells them. They also help their careers, so that later they can blackmail them to obtain industrial espionage.

The War of the Princesses

Lured by the treasure of Moldavia and supplies, Sobieski, king of the Poles, orders the attack on the fortress of Neamț, and Captain Ghinda organizes the betrayal. In view of the overwhelming majority of the lezs, they send the young Ioana to the king, but the traitor Ghinda also covets her. And so, in the Moldavian camp, new idylls and intrigues keep brewing until all that is left of the fortress are the ruins.

Faust XX

A terminally ill professor gets an immoral offer.

The Ring

Andrei is now a truck driver, but in one of his travels to Germany, he must become once again a boxer just for one night at the middleweight category.

Harababura

A few unrelated groups of people leave for vacation from Bucharest for the mountains. They meet by chance in Poiana Brașov.

The Hussy

An unemployed engineer working as a driver at an oil company hears about a lost Inca treasure and goes in search of it.