Two Lottery Tickets - 1957

1957 film adaptation of Romanian playwright Ion Luca Caragiale's novella “Două loturi” (Two Lottery Tickets, 1901). The scenario was written by director Jean Georgescu, one of the most skilled Romanian filmmakers of the 1940s and 1950s, while the directing belongs to Aurel Miheleş and Gheorghe Naghi, at that time both recently graduated from the All-Union State Institute of Cinematography in Moscow. This is the second feature film in colour from Romania. Despite the great public success, the film was often criticized by reviewers, mostly for its unhandy directing from the two debutants. Miheleş and Naghi would however continue their collaboration and release another two Caragiale adaptations, of which “Telegrame” (Telegrams, 1959) was nominated for the Palme d'Or (Golden Palm) at the 1960 edition of the Cannes festival.

58min
1957
Released
Trakio rating0.0/10
IMDB rating8.4/10

Cast

Grigore Vasiliu-Birlic profile pictureGrigore Vasiliu-BirlicDr. Lefter Popescu
Dorina Done profile pictureDorina DoneMadame Lefter Popescu
Marcel Anghelescu profile pictureMarcel AnghelescuCaptain Pandele
Alexandru Giugaru profile pictureAlexandru GiugaruComisar Turtureanu
Ion Iancovescu profile pictureIon Iancovescuorgan-grinder
Radu Beligan profile pictureRadu BeliganNarrator (voice)

About Two Lottery Tickets

Two Lottery Tickets Overview

1957 film adaptation of Romanian playwright Ion Luca Caragiale's novella “Două loturi” (Two Lottery Tickets, 1901). The scenario was written by director Jean Georgescu, one of the most skilled Romanian filmmakers of the 1940s and 1950s, while the directing belongs to Aurel Miheleş and Gheorghe Naghi, at that time both recently graduated from the All-Union State Institute of Cinematography in Moscow. This is the second feature film in colour from Romania. Despite the great public success, the film was often criticized by reviewers, mostly for its unhandy directing from the two debutants. Miheleş and Naghi would however continue their collaboration and release another two Caragiale adaptations, of which “Telegrame” (Telegrams, 1959) was nominated for the Palme d'Or (Golden Palm) at the 1960 edition of the Cannes festival.

Runtime: 58min

Extra details

Original Title: Două lozuri
Original Language: Romanian
Directed By: Aurel Miheleș
Production Companies
Studioul cinematografic „Bucureşti"