Geo Saizescu
Geo Saizescu (14 November 1932 – 23 September 2013) was a Romanian film director, screenwriter, and actor. He appeared in 22 films between 1963 and 2009 and directed 16 films between 1956 and 2012.
He was born in Prisăceaua, Mehedinți County in 1932, the twelfth child of his parents; his father was a notary in the village. After his secondary studies at the Traian High School in Turnu Severin, he studied at the I.L. Caragiale Institute of Theatre and Film Arts (IATC) in Bucharest, film directing department, graduating in 1957. He made his directorial debut in 1956 with the film Aventurile bravului soldat Svejk; in 1958 he wrote the script and directed the film Doi vecini [ro].
In 2002 he was awarded the National Order of Faithful Service, Knight rank. He died at the age of 80 in Bucharest and was buried in the cemetery at Cernica Monastery [ro], in nearby Pantelimon.
Saizescu was the founder of the Faculty of Arts at the Hyperion University [ro] in Bucharest; the faculty now bears his name. His son, Cătălin Saizescu [ro] (born in 1976) is an actor, film director, and producer.
| Known For | Directing |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.119 |
| Birthday | 1932-11-14 |
| Place of Birth | Prisăceaua, Mehedinţi, România |
| Also Known As | Джео Сайзеску, |
1981
I have an Idea
5.4/5
Some party representatives want to make a new football team.
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I have an Idea
1962
A Bomb Was Stolen
5.875/16
A dialogue free Romanian science-fiction spy-comedy that draws upon farce, satire and surrealism as it subversively deconstructs the spy thriller with...
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A Bomb Was Stolen
1982
Bucharest Identity Card
7.667/15
A provincial young girl, a farming engineer, does not want to return to the countryside on graduating, but stay in the capital. But she needs a Buchar...
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Bucharest Identity Card
1983
On the Left Bank of the Blue Danube
6.6/5
The search for a list of Nazi spies that had been hidden in the house of a widowed noblewoman.
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On the Left Bank of the Blue Danube
2009
One second of life
5/2
Robert is a complete loser. He wants nothing from life except one thing; to have enough courage to kill himself. But one day everything changes, becau...
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One second of life
1962
Celebrul 702
6.167/6
In the imaginary country of "Allergica", a group of gangsters have made a fat hit by pinning the blame on the Kid, who awaits execution in the terribl...
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Celebrul 702
1981
Hurry Slowly
7.857/7
An important man, always in a hurry, but especially when behind the wheel, runs over a strange pedestrian: a young globe-trotting, absent-minded young...
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Hurry Slowly
1984
The Secret of Bacchus
7.833/12
Victor, an incisive journalist, discovers a series of irregularities in a State farming enterprise. His investigations will unmask the fraud committed...
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The Secret of Bacchus
1972
Tonight We'll Celebrate in the Family
6.667/15
The main characters are two "Don Juans", professional "fiancees", who travel the country in search of desperate women willing to spend money to find t...
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Tonight We'll Celebrate in the Family
1994
The Second Fall of Constantinople
7.25/4
Caught up in the crazes of the "transition", Suflețel also dreams of great adventure. When he learns that his old friend Ismail is his son's real fath...
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The Second Fall of Constantinople
1974
Păcală
7.136/11
Pacala is an important hero in Romanian popular tradition. He is always making fun of everything wrong with the human behaviour such as stupidity, gre...
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Păcală
1984
The Migrant Birds Are Coming
7/4
In the Barza village, people grew accustomed to see doctors leave with the migratory birds. With the new doctor, they will have a surprise...
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The Migrant Birds Are Coming
1987
Secretul lui Nemesis
7.375/8
The administrator of a huge apartment block in Bucharest, a former great Communist Party activist, now in disgrace, eliminated from politics and perch...
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Secretul lui Nemesis
1987
The Extras
8.2/4
After 1950, when the comunist regime is fully entrenched, some Bourgeois descendants have to make a living being movie extras. Continuation of "On the...
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The Extras
1992
The Telephone
7.333/3
A young, single engineer divides his time between work and an uneventful schedule at home, where TV is front and center. One rainy evening he is distu...
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The Telephone
2006
Păcală se întoarce
7.25/8
Păcală, a young man without too many expectations from life, is tired of wandering around the world and driven by the longing for his parental home he...
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Păcală se întoarce
1963
Your Part of the Blame
7.25/4
This movie follows the story of a young man - Mihai Brad, who works for a industrial plant. He reaches a turning point in his life when his bosses dis...
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Your Part of the Blame
1981
Blackmail
7.143/7
A gang falsifies college degrees and sells them. They also help their careers, so that later they can blackmail them to obtain industrial espionage.
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Blackmail
1971
The Siege
5.4/5
A communist prefect saves the day, saves the night, saves the building and the people. A communist prefect saves the day, saves the night, saves the b...
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The Siege
1978
Together Again
7.25/4
An young agronomist insists to start using a new corn variety, but the collective farm chief is against it.
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Together Again
1983
Escapada
7/4
A bunch of comrades with ascending ranks from the same factory go on a illegal arranged hunting trip with a few intended 'romantic' mishaps.
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Escapada
1983
Căruța cu mere
5.8/5
Romania in the year 1947: two years after the end of the second World War, the King (Mihai of Hohenzollern and Romania) has to leave the country, the...
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Căruța cu mere
1990
Harababura
6.25/4
A few unrelated groups of people leave for vacation from Bucharest for the mountains. They meet by chance in Poiana Brașov.
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Harababura
1985
Repeated Wedding
8.4/7
Sequel to the comedy *Bucharest Identity Card*: After a turbulent marriage and divorce, Silvia and Radu part ways, only to be reunited in Bolintin—she...
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Repeated Wedding
1980
The Pale Light of Sorrow
6.4/5
Summer 1913, in a village near Buzăul. Ionica, the schoolteacher's son, witnesses the hard life of the poor villagers. The war is coming and his landl...
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