Vacanta la mare (1963)

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Country: Romania
Genres: Comedy
Release: 1963-03-01
Director: Andrei Calarasu
Writers: Cezar Grigoriu , H. Nicolaide
Language: Romanian
Stars: Iurie Darie , Alexandru Munte , Alexandru Repan , Melania Cârje , Ileana Sandu , Anna Széles , Ion Fintesteanu , Costache Antoniu , Jules Cazaban , Aurel Giurumia
Runtime: 75 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Seaside Vacation , Vacanta la mare , Vacanta la mare (Romania) , Wakacje nad morzem (Poland) , Tengerparti vakáció (Hungary) , Отдых у моря , Vacation on the Black Sea , Urlaub am schwarzen Meer
Plot: A film made in Romania in 1963, when the supreme commander was not yet Nicolae Ceausescu, but the heavy smoker before him, Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej. The country was still engulfed by the hustle and bustle of building Socialism, building and singing, singing and building... at least in movies. It's true, in reallife too, it was massively built at that time, blocks, factories, public institutions, a lot of factories mostly, more of them useless. The builders of this film with action only on the seafront, in Mamaia, are 3 beautiful young women, Anna Széles, Melania Cârje and Ileana Sandu. They sing all the time "fly under the sky without clouds, the serenade of youth...", a song broadcast all the time on the radio in those years. At the same time, the 3 young women prepare the cement for a new hotel on the seafront: pure Soviet stahanovist style! A very young and beautiful Alexandru Repan will fall in love with the blonde Széles and even take her in his arms and kiss her, which is rarely seen in a Romanian film of the communist period. Many other renowned actors of that era, such as Iurie Darie, Ion Fintesteanu, Costache Antoniu, Jules Cazaban, Aurel Giurumia, Willy Ronea, Dem Radulescu, Puiu Calinescu (the natural huge comic talent, here in a tiny stupid role of a fireman), they all strive to be funny but they fail completely. The movie is a total waste of time.
IMDB:tt0175289