Mingea ( 1960 )

Overview

With his nose pressed against the glass, four-year-old Ionel watches the kids playing ball in the street with great interest. His father, a schoolteacher, has lost his job. Now he goes to various institutions in vain, because in bourgeois Romania it is not easy to find a job. Ionel waits for his father every night and while waiting for him he dreams of getting a real yellow ball for his birthday. His father realizes that it is necessary to get the money and buy the ball. After all, the boy is crippled, and the ball is the only hope for him to get well...

Top Cast

Lazăr Vrabie

Father

Ion Bodeanu

Ionel

Andrei Codarcea

Chirita

Ion Ulmeni

High school principal

Sandu Sticlaru

Politalul

Lucia Mara Dabija

Music teacher

Antoaneta Gilmeanu

Chirita Misail

Consuela Rosu

Mircea Stroe

Mircea Constantin-Govora

Tatiana Stefanescu

Pavel Enache

Zaharia Ionescu

Constantin Vaeni

Georges Stanescu