THE RETURN OF KING LĂPUȘNEANU (1980) - by Malvina Urșianu - historical movie online on CINEPUB

Can we see in the rule and cruelty of Alexandru Lăpușneanu a sketch of Nicolae Ceaușescu? We are tempted to follow this line of interpretation when Lăpușneanu orders Moțoc: "let no bird enter Moldavia", then adds, after a moment of silence, "and let no bird go out either". The film is, rather, a chronicle of a long tradition in the architecture of power in Romania, of the hierarchy of local barons that ends up being overpowered by the dictatorship; and the dictator, in turn, eventually being killed by the boyars who will put on the throne another victim of their own hubris.
Synopsis:
Moldavia, 1564. Alexandru Lăpușneanu, the last descendant of the Musatin dynasty, which had ruled the country a few years earlier, returns from exile imposed by the treachery of his boyars. Determined to form a united Moldavia, with the power concentrated in his hands to put an end once and for all to the differences between the boyars, the king will have to face the opposition of aristocrats attracted by the theft and treachery.
Directed by: Malvina Urșianu
Cast: George Motoi, Silvia Popovici, Cornel Coman, Valeiu Paraschiv, Eugenia Bosânceanu, Melania Ursu, Ion Niciu, Eusebiu Ștefănescu, Mihail Vasile Boghiță, Gheorghe Buznea, Dumitru Crăciun, Ion Crăciun, Mircea Cruceanu, Nicolae Dide, Valeria Gagealov, Silvia Ghelan, Cornel Ispas
Script by: Malvina Urșianu
Producer: Eugen Mandric, Dumitru Solomon
Cinematography: Gheorghe Fischer, Alexandru Întorsureanu
Edited by: Margareta Anescu
Sound: Anașuvan Salamanian
Music: Anatol Vieru
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