MAIORUL ȘI MOARTEA / THE MAJOR VERSUS DEATH

Romania / 1967 / 83’ / b/w / Crime movie / AG / Digitalized version by The National Film Archive 

Directed by: Alexandru Boiangiu

Screenplay: Alexandru Boiangiu, Ion Băieșu, adaptation of the short novel with the same title by Ion Băieșu

With: Vasilica Tastaman, Gheorghe Dinică, Ion Stănescu, Marin Moraru, Peter Paulhoffer, Ştefan Mihăilescu-Brăila, Constantin Rauţchi, Jean Constantin, Ion Anghel, Eugen Popiţă, Florin Scărlătescu, Mircea Crişan, Horia Popescu, Draga Olteanu

Produced by: Bucharest Cinema Studios

Tache, a police major, is assigned to find the perpetrator of a crime connected with the theft of three boxes from a safe. After long confrontations with the old malefactor, he manages to surpass all the obstacles, including a bomb placed in one of the three boxes, finally showing up the criminal.

The film premiered in Romania June 19^th, 1967 and it represents the first feature film of the documentary director, Alexandru Boiangiu.