A Lost Letter

A Lost Letter

160 mins | Comedy | June 7, 1977

The plot take place in 1883 in a small provincial town in Romania, where the corrupt establishment decide everything, including - of course - who will be the "elected" representative to the national Senate. A love letter from the bachelor mayor to the wife of the local party chief, gets lost and found by a drunk party supporter. The letter finds its way to the opposition party, which decide to use the letter by blackmailing the powerful local "camarilla", and to get his own man to represent the county. What follows is not easy to guess...

A Lost Letter

160 mins | Comedy | June 7, 1977

A Lost Letter
The plot take place in 1883 in a small provincial town in Romania, where the corrupt establishment decide everything, including - of course - who will be the "elected" representative to the national Senate. A love letter from the bachelor mayor to the wife of the local party chief, gets lost and found by a drunk party supporter. The letter finds its way to the opposition party, which decide to use the letter by blackmailing the powerful local "camarilla", and to get his own man to represent the county. What follows is not easy to guess...
IMDb rating 8.9
Producers
Original title O scrisoare pierduta
Directors
Writers

Cast

Ștefan Bănică

as Ghita Pristanda

Aurel Cioranu

as Drunk citizen

Octavian Cotescu

as Nae Catavencu

Mircea Diaconu

as Iordache Branzovenescu

Petre Gheorghiu

as Zaharia Trahanache

Mariana Mihuț

as Zoe Trahanache

Victor Rebengiuc

as Stefan Tipatescu

Dem Rădulescu

as Tache Farfuridi