Why Are the Bells Ringing, Mitica?

Why Are the Bells Ringing, Mitica?

5.8

Sep 26 1981

2h 12m

Comedy, Drama

Based on a theatrical text by Romanian writer Ion Luca Caragiale (1852-1912), who was a bitter and funny witness of the turn-of-the-20th-century Romanian bourgeois mores, Carnival Scenes manages to preserve and further enhance the slightly hysteric atmosphere of his plays. Pintilie creates a strange combination of carnival scenes which is brought to the screen as a burlesque, fast-paced, screwball comedy with a meditative undertone. This film was banned in Romania for a decade until the death of Ceausescu in 1989 and was only released after the 1989 revolution.

Victor Rebengiuc

Victor Rebengiuc

Pampon

Mariana Mihuț

Mariana Mihuț

Mita Baston

Tora Vasilescu

Tora Vasilescu

Didina Mazu

Gheorghe Dinică

Gheorghe Dinică

Nae