Sergiu Nicolaescu

                                          SERGIU NICOLAESCU

Sergiu Florin Nicolaescu (b. April 13, 1930, Targu Jiu, Romania - d. January 3, 2013, Bucharest, Romania was a director, screenwriter, actor and, after 1989, Romanian politician. It is by far the most prolific and most watched Romanian filmmaker of all time: 54 films plus 27 co-productions and more than one billion viewers (mostly from China and Russia and 130 million spectators in Romania). On May 30, 2015 Sergiu Nicolaescu received posthumously in recognition and respect, a star on the Walk of Fame (Alley fame) in Bucharest. On this occasion, actor Vladimir Găitan paid tribute to the great director: "Sergiu Nicolaescu, ultraperfecţionist, severe, exceptional professionals, met throughout blowing artistic Romania and, why not Europe, not to forget his films with great players in the world. "Nicolaescu started "brilliant" in feature films with a "co-production monumental film Dacia" notes Grid Modorcea. He continues: "Romanian filmmaker Sergiu Nicolaescu is the first Romanian film that introduces the fighting between armed largest armies, as legends. In fact he rekindle a historical thread at the beginning of Romanian Independence (1912)."It became known in history as Dacia mega-production (1966) and Mihai Viteazul (1970) and the series of detective films centered around the fictional character Moldovan Commissioner. Nicolaescu a also played in the series Andrei illegalist communist propaganda Pistruiatul (1973). Another type of Nicolaescu's favorite was the war film, which has often flocks Romanian Army as extras. His directorial style is characterized by a tendency to self-staged bombastic, often playing Nicolaescu main heroes of movies they direct (Commissioner Moldovan series, Immortals, Mircea, Charles etc). Andrei Gorzo, film critic of the magazine Dilema Veche, wrote Nicolaescu in the role of Charles "King of Nicolaescu's just another fantasy has Nicolaescu himself, as was the prince of the Orient Express (which at one time declaring "model obsolete", meaning by that that's too much for spirits petty of younger generations) or Commissioner of the survivor (which in turn is presented as an anachronism, meaning by this that people of his caliber are no longer do). In his fantasies, he was always the king - in fact, King Kong: a giant is the only of its species, which survived, came at a time that is not his time, in a world that does it wants ".After the Revolution of 1989, was senator from NSF PDSR and PSD. Led Senatorial Commission research in 1989, which was accused of falsifying the truth. Moreover, the meeting of the Senate of March 29, 1994, Nicolaescu a proposed holding a moment of silence for generalul Ştefan Guşe, one of the leaders in Timisoara bloody crackdown in December 1989. His last films, including the Orient Express, 15, survivor, Carol I and Poker were considered failures critical Nicolaescu was also criticized for gain preferential public funding by CNC for his films. Regardless of the criticism of his political activity, his collaboration with the regime and the implementation of line nationalist-communist film or its shortcomings as a director, many of his films have retained a genuine popularity with the public, requiring urban folklore cited repeated and parodied as "Frankly, were riddled." or "not fire dome Semaca are I LASCĂR" and the characters stored as legionnaire Paraipan ( played Gheorghe Dinică) and Gypsy language (Jean Constantin).