The Column
Encyclopedia
The Column is a 1968 Romanian historical film directed by Mircea Drăgan
. The film was selected as the Romanian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film
at the 41st Academy Awards
, but was not accepted as a nominee. The action is set in 106 A.D. and the following years, when the Dacia
was transformed into a Roman province
.
Mircea Drăgan
Mircea Drăgan is a Romanian film director. He directed 23 films between 1955 and 1992.-External links:...
. The film was selected as the Romanian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the Academy Awards of Merit, popularly known as the Oscars, handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...
at the 41st Academy Awards
41st Academy Awards
The 41st Academy Awards were presented April 14, 1969 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. It was the first Academy Awards ceremony broadcast worldwide. There was no host....
, but was not accepted as a nominee. The action is set in 106 A.D. and the following years, when the Dacia
Dacia
In ancient geography, especially in Roman sources, Dacia was the land inhabited by the Dacians or Getae as they were known by the Greeks—the branch of the Thracians north of the Haemus range...
was transformed into a Roman province
Roman province
In Ancient Rome, a province was the basic, and, until the Tetrarchy , largest territorial and administrative unit of the empire's territorial possessions outside of Italy...
.
Cast
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- Tiberius - Antonella LualdiAntonella LualdiAntonella Lualdi is an Italian film actress. Her luminescent beauty has graced many Italian and French films in the 1950s and 1960s, notably in Claude Autant-Lara's film Le rouge et le noir in 1954, opposite Gérard Philipe....
- Andrada - Ilarion CiobanuIlarion CiobanuIlarion Ciobanu was a Romanian actor. He has been described as "a legend" in the press.-External links:...
- Gerula - Amedeo NazzariAmedeo NazzariAmedeo Nazzari was an Italian actor.Star of Italian cinema during the 40's and 50's. He made several melodramas with Raffaello Matarazzo, such as Catene in 1949...
- Emperor Trajan - Ştefan Ciubotăraşu - One-Arm
- Florin PiersicFlorin Piersic-Biography:His family left Cluj when it was ceded to Hungary in 1940, and moved to Cernăuţi after the city's occupation by Romania the following year. There, his father was appointed to the role of chief municipal veterinary. Later they returned home, and Florin graduated from the High School for...
- Sabinus - Amza PelleaAmza PelleaAmza Pellea was one of the most important Romanian actors, being remarked both for his theatre and his film acting.Born in Băileşti, in Oltenia, he attended the Carol I High School...
- Decebal - Sidonia Manolache - Zia
- Emil BottaEmil BottaEmil Botta was a Romanian actor and writer.Botta's acting career ended as a result of his heavy drinking...
- High Priest - Franco InterlenghiFranco InterlenghiFranco Interlenghi is an Italian actor.He made his acting debut at 15 in Vittorio De Sica's 1946 Neorealist film Sciuscià....
- Mircea AlbulescuMircea AlbulescuMircea Albulescu is a Romanian actor, university professor , journalist, poet, writer of prose, member of the Writers' Union of Romania . He was born as Iorgu Constantin V. Albulescu, in Bucharest, on October 4, 1934...
- Gheorghe DinicăGheorghe DinicaGheorghe Dinică was a Romanian actor.Dinică showed an early interest in acting, being part of different amateur theater troupes since he was 17. In 1957, he entered The National Institute of Theatre and Cinematography Art in Bucharest. He graduated in 1961, already drawing public attention with...
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