Ernest Maftei

Ernest Maftei (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈernest mafˈtej]; 6 March 1920 – 19 October 2006) was a Romanian film actor. He appeared in more than seventy films from 1953 to 2006.

Ernest Maftei
Born	(1920-03-06)March 6, 1920 Prăjești, Bacău County, Kingdom of Romania
Died	19 October 2006(2006-10-19) (aged 86) Bucharest, Romania
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1953–2006

Biography

Born in Prăjești, Bacău County, he attended high school in Bacău, and, at age 17, he joined the youth branch of the Iron Guard. For his militant activities, he was detained, in 1938, for 5 months at a correctional facility in Vaslui and, later, at prisons in: Galați, Jilava and Văcărești. In 1944, he graduated the Academy of Music and Dramatic Art of Iași. During the early Communist regime, he was arrested and spent more time in prison before being released, after the intervention of some Jews he helped.^[1]

In December 1989, Maftei took an active role in the Romanian Revolution, while in June 1990, he was severely beaten during a Mineriad, in Bucharest. He died in Bucharest, in 2006.^[1]

Selected filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	Lacrimi de iubire	Dionisie
2003	Trăsniții
2001	Detectiv fără voie
1979	Mihail, câine de circ	Greenleaf
	Vlad Țepes (film)	Manzila
1976	Through the ashes of the empire	The Gypsy
	The Doom	Sava Petrache
	Accident	The grandfather
1972	Then, I sentenced them all to death	Marcu
1968	The reenactment
1965	Răscoala