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Michael the Brave (film)

May 04, 2024

This article is about a Romanian film. For the Indiana Jones movie, see Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.

Michael the Brave (Romanian: Mihai Viteazul) is a Romanian historic epic film, directed by Sergiu Nicolaescu and starring Amza Pellea in the leading role. The film is a representation of the life of Wallachia's ruler Michael The Brave, and his will to unite the three Romanian principalities (Wallachia, Moldavia and Transylvania) into one country. The film was released in 1970 in Romania, and worldwide by Columbia Pictures as The Last Crusade.

Michael the Brave
Directed bySergiu Nicolaescu
StarringAmza Pellea
Ion Besoiu
Olga Tudorache
Sergiu Nicolaescu
Ilarion Ciobanu
Mircea Albulescu
Florin Piersic
Ioana Bulcă
Release date
  • 1971 (1971)
Running time
203 minutes
CountryRomania
LanguageRomanian
BudgetROL33,000,000 (estimated)

Plot edit

At the end of the 16th century, Wallachian ruler Prince Michael the Brave overcame the adversity of the Ottoman and Austrian Empires to unite Wallachia, Moldavia and Transylvania into one country.

Cast edit

Production edit

The film was produced in 1970 after a script by Titus Popovici. It starred Amza Pellea in the lead role, while the cast included a number of the best Romanian actors at the time, including Sergiu Nicolaescu, Ion Besoiu, Olga Tudorache, Florin Piersic, Ilarion Ciobanu, Silviu Stănculescu, and Mircea Albulescu.[1]

The film had initially been intended to be an American-Romanian superproduction, with Columbia Pictures proposing actors such as Charlton Heston, Orson Welles, Laurence Harvey, Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, or Kirk Douglas. But at Nicolae Ceauşescu's intent, the production was approved only with Romanian actors.[2]

The story is historically less authentic, but is full of grand battle scenes, political plots, betrayals and family drama. To reenact the battles that Mihai Viteazul fought against the Turks, some 5,000 soldiers of the Romanian army were brought to the set.[3] Some reports put this number around 10,000 soldiers.[4] The film has two parts and was shot in several locations, such as Istanbul, Prague and Călugăreni,[5] but also the Danube, the Black Sea, Alba Iulia, Carpathian Mountains, Bucharest, Sibiu, Sinaia, and Miraslau.[6] The budget at the time was around 14 million lei,[3] which in 2010 was estimated to be worth to be around 500,000 dollars, a relatively high sum for its period.[1]

Release edit

The film was released in Romania in 1970 and ran in the cinemas for several years. Worldwide, it was distributed by Columbia Pictures, under the name The Last Crusade.[2][6][7] The film debuted outside of Romania in July 1971 at the 7th Moscow International Film Festival and in East Germany, and in March 1972 in Finland, in June 1972 in West Germany and in April 1973 in Japan.[8]

In 2000, the soundtrack of the film was redone in Dolby Surround.[9] It is estimated that the film will be re-released in Blu-ray format sometime in 2010.[10]

Reception edit

The film is the most viewed Romanian film worldwide.[4][11] It was Romania's entry for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1972,[7] but was not accepted as a nominee.[12] At the Moscow International Film Festival in 1971, it won a Golden Award,[13] but lost to Bilyy ptakh z chornoyu vidznakoyu (The White Bird Marked with Black).[14] Nevertheless, it won at the Beaume Historic Film Festival in 1974, ahead of El Cid.[15][16]

With a rating on 8.4 on Internet Movie Database,[17] it is rated as the twentieth best historic film of all time. It is considered 18th in the biography category,[18] 40th in the war category,[19] 34th in the action category,.[20] The director himself, Sergiu Nicolaescu, declared that he was impressed by the rating especially as it is an American website and the film was released four decades before.[6]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b . Realitatea .Net. 2010-01-19. Archived from the original on 2010-01-22. Retrieved 2010-02-05.
  2. ^ a b "Sergiu Nicolaescu: Cred că a fost blestemul meu - şi filmul şi faptul că nu am mai avut familie | Financiarul". Financiarul.ro. Retrieved 2010-02-05.
  3. ^ a b www.vedeta.ro. Sergiu Nicolaescu a mobilizat 5.000 de militari pentru Mihai Viteazul (VIDEO) - Stiri Vedete Film Online pe. Vedeta.ro. Retrieved 2010-02-05.
  4. ^ a b "Nine O'Clock". Nineoclock.ro. 2003-11-13. Retrieved 2010-02-05.
  5. ^ . Bucharestherald.com. 2010-01-20. Archived from the original on January 23, 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-05.
  6. ^ a b c Ultimul up-date 23:10 GMT+2 (2010-01-20). "Mihai Viteazul, locul 3 intre filmele istorice ale lumii - Ziarul de Iasi". Ziaruldeiasi.ro. Retrieved 2010-02-05.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ a b "VIDEO Mihai Viteazul ocupa locul 3 intre cele mai apreciate filme istorice ale lumii - Showbiz - HotNews.ro". Life.hotnews.ro. Retrieved 2010-02-05.
  8. ^ De Laatste Kruistocht (1971) - Release Info - IMDb
  9. ^ . Sergiunicolaescu.ro. Archived from the original on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2010-02-05.
  10. ^ "Nicolaescu pregăteşte "Mihai Viteazul" în format blu-ray | 6:AM". 6am.ro. 2009-03-16. Archived from the original on 2014-01-17. Retrieved 2010-02-05.
  11. ^ http://www.stirisibiu.ro/stiri-nationale/mihai-viteazul-in-regia-lui-sergiu-nicolaescu-cel-mai-vizionat-film-romanesc-in-intreaga-lume-7[permanent dead link]
  12. ^ Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
  13. ^ Mihai Viteazul – Awards – IMDb
  14. ^ Moscow International Film Festival (1971)
  15. ^ . Filmeleadevarul.ro. Archived from the original on 2010-02-11. Retrieved 2010-02-05.
  16. ^ (Press release). Alegeri-2009.ro. 1930-04-30. Archived from the original on 2011-08-11. Retrieved 2010-02-05.
  17. ^ De Laatste Kruistocht (1971) - IMDb
  18. ^ IMDb: Genre: Biography
  19. ^ IMDb: Genre: War
  20. ^ IMDb: Genre: Action

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This article is about a Romanian film For the Indiana Jones movie see Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Michael the Brave Romanian Mihai Viteazul is a Romanian historic epic film directed by Sergiu Nicolaescu and starring Amza Pellea in the leading role The film is a representation of the life of Wallachia s ruler Michael The Brave and his will to unite the three Romanian principalities Wallachia Moldavia and Transylvania into one country The film was released in 1970 in Romania and worldwide by Columbia Pictures as The Last Crusade Michael the BraveDirected bySergiu NicolaescuStarringAmza PelleaIon BesoiuOlga TudoracheSergiu NicolaescuIlarion CiobanuMircea AlbulescuFlorin PiersicIoana BulcăRelease date1971 1971 Running time203 minutesCountryRomaniaLanguageRomanianBudgetROL33 000 000 estimated Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production 4 Release 5 Reception 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksPlot editAt the end of the 16th century Wallachian ruler Prince Michael the Brave overcame the adversity of the Ottoman and Austrian Empires to unite Wallachia Moldavia and Transylvania into one country Cast editAmza Pellea as Michael The Brave Ion Besoiu as Sigismund Bathory Olga Tudorache as Michael The Brave s mother Irina Gardescu as Contessina Rossana Viventini Gyorgy Kovacs as Andrei Bathory Sergiu Nicolaescu as Selim Pasha Nicolae Secăreanu as Sinan Pasha Ilarion Ciobanu as Stroe Buzescu Aurel Rogalschi as Rudolf II Ioana Bulcă as Doamna Stanca Septimiu Sever as Radu Buzescu Florin Piersic as Preda Buzescu Klara Sebok as Maria Cristina de Graz Mircea Albulescu as Popa Stoica Emmerich Schaffer as Giorgio Basta Colea Răutu as Sultan Murat III Constantin Codrescu as Alexandru The Evil Alexandru Herescu as Ionică Corneliu Garbea as General Baba Novac Alexandru Repan as Earl Viventini Jean Lorin Florescu as Archduke MaximilianProduction editThe film was produced in 1970 after a script by Titus Popovici It starred Amza Pellea in the lead role while the cast included a number of the best Romanian actors at the time including Sergiu Nicolaescu Ion Besoiu Olga Tudorache Florin Piersic Ilarion Ciobanu Silviu Stănculescu and Mircea Albulescu 1 The film had initially been intended to be an American Romanian superproduction with Columbia Pictures proposing actors such as Charlton Heston Orson Welles Laurence Harvey Elizabeth Taylor Richard Burton or Kirk Douglas But at Nicolae Ceausescu s intent the production was approved only with Romanian actors 2 The story is historically less authentic but is full of grand battle scenes political plots betrayals and family drama To reenact the battles that Mihai Viteazul fought against the Turks some 5 000 soldiers of the Romanian army were brought to the set 3 Some reports put this number around 10 000 soldiers 4 The film has two parts and was shot in several locations such as Istanbul Prague and Călugăreni 5 but also the Danube the Black Sea Alba Iulia Carpathian Mountains Bucharest Sibiu Sinaia and Miraslau 6 The budget at the time was around 14 million lei 3 which in 2010 was estimated to be worth to be around 500 000 dollars a relatively high sum for its period 1 Release editThe film was released in Romania in 1970 and ran in the cinemas for several years Worldwide it was distributed by Columbia Pictures under the name The Last Crusade 2 6 7 The film debuted outside of Romania in July 1971 at the 7th Moscow International Film Festival and in East Germany and in March 1972 in Finland in June 1972 in West Germany and in April 1973 in Japan 8 In 2000 the soundtrack of the film was redone in Dolby Surround 9 It is estimated that the film will be re released in Blu ray format sometime in 2010 10 Reception editThe film is the most viewed Romanian film worldwide 4 11 It was Romania s entry for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1972 7 but was not accepted as a nominee 12 At the Moscow International Film Festival in 1971 it won a Golden Award 13 but lost to Bilyy ptakh z chornoyu vidznakoyu The White Bird Marked with Black 14 Nevertheless it won at the Beaume Historic Film Festival in 1974 ahead of El Cid 15 16 With a rating on 8 4 on Internet Movie Database 17 it is rated as the twentieth best historic film of all time It is considered 18th in the biography category 18 40th in the war category 19 34th in the action category 20 The director himself Sergiu Nicolaescu declared that he was impressed by the rating especially as it is an American website and the film was released four decades before 6 See also editList of submissions to the 44th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film List of Romanian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language FilmReferences edit a b Mihai Viteazul pe locul III in topul filmelor istorice realizat de IMDB Realitatea Net 2010 01 19 Archived from the original on 2010 01 22 Retrieved 2010 02 05 a b Sergiu Nicolaescu Cred că a fost blestemul meu si filmul si faptul că nu am mai avut familie Financiarul Financiarul ro Retrieved 2010 02 05 a b www vedeta ro Sergiu Nicolaescu a mobilizat 5 000 de militari pentru Mihai Viteazul VIDEO Stiri Vedete Film Online pe Vedeta ro Retrieved 2010 02 05 a b Nine O Clock Nineoclock ro 2003 11 13 Retrieved 2010 02 05 Mihai Viteazul third best historical movie in the world Bucharestherald com 2010 01 20 Archived from the original on January 23 2010 Retrieved 2010 02 05 a b c Ultimul up date 23 10 GMT 2 2010 01 20 Mihai Viteazul locul 3 intre filmele istorice ale lumii Ziarul de Iasi Ziaruldeiasi ro Retrieved 2010 02 05 a href Template Cite news html title Template Cite news cite news a CS1 maint numeric names authors list link a b VIDEO Mihai Viteazul ocupa locul 3 intre cele mai apreciate filme istorice ale lumii Showbiz HotNews ro Life hotnews ro Retrieved 2010 02 05 De Laatste Kruistocht 1971 Release Info IMDb StartHosting ro hosting de calitate Sergiunicolaescu ro Archived from the original on 2011 09 27 Retrieved 2010 02 05 Nicolaescu pregăteste Mihai Viteazul in format blu ray 6 AM 6am ro 2009 03 16 Archived from the original on 2014 01 17 Retrieved 2010 02 05 http www stirisibiu ro stiri nationale mihai viteazul in regia lui sergiu nicolaescu cel mai vizionat film romanesc in intreaga lume 7 permanent dead link Margaret Herrick Library Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Mihai Viteazul Awards IMDb Moscow International Film Festival 1971 Mihai Viteazul Filmele Adevarul Filmeleadevarul ro Archived from the original on 2010 02 11 Retrieved 2010 02 05 Alegeri parlamentare Nicolaescu Sergiu FLorin Press release Alegeri 2009 ro 1930 04 30 Archived from the original on 2011 08 11 Retrieved 2010 02 05 De Laatste Kruistocht 1971 IMDb IMDb Genre Biography IMDb Genre War IMDb Genre ActionExternal links editMihai Viteazul at IMDb nbsp http wondersinthedark wordpress com 2009 06 12 mihai viteazul no 49 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Michael the Brave film amp oldid 1121960068, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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