Two Lottery Tickets

Name: Two Lottery Tickets
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 23 Mar 1959
Rating: 7.90
Cast: Grigore Vasiliu-Birlic, Dorina Done, Marcel Anghelescu, Alexandru Giugaru, Ion Iancovescu

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.

Year: 1959

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Studio: Studioul cinematografic „Bucureşti"

Director: Aurel Miheleș, Gheorghe Naghi

Cast: Grigore Vasiliu-Birlic, Dorina Done, Marcel Anghelescu, Alexandru Giugaru, Ion Iancovescu, Remus Ionașcu

Crew: Jean Georgescu (Writer), Gheorghe Naghi (Writer), Aurel Miheleș (Director), Mircea Chiriac (Music), Stefan Horvath (Cinematography), Aurel Miheleș (Writer)

Runtime: 58 minutes

Release: Mar 23, 1959

IMDb: 7.90/10 by 7 users

Popularity: 1

Country: Romania

Language: Română