The Actor and the Savages ( 1975 )

Overview

Toma Caragiu plays Costica Caratase character inspired by the personality of the great actor Constantin Tanase. The action takes place in the interwar period and focuses on the conflict between actor and Iron Guard movement ("savages") offended by a satirizes artistic performances. Film question the artist's freedom of expression and the danger posed by his involvement in social issues existing in a dictatorship world.

Top Cast

Toma Caragiu

Costică Caratase

Mircea Albulescu

Ionel Fridman

Margareta Pogonat

Elvira Caratase

Ion Besoiu

Guță Popescu

Mircea Diaconu

Radu Toma

Carmen Petrescu

Puși

Maria Chira

Luci Caratase

George Paul Avram

Puiu Mugur

Marin Moraru

Vasile

Ovidiu Iuliu Moldovan

Legionarul

Carmen Berbecaru

Mărioara

Gheorghe Șimonca

Carol II

Florin Zamfirescu

Gheorghiță

Ioana Crăciunescu

Juna patetică