Răscoala

For the village in Hunedoara County, see Petrila.

Răscoala is a 1965 Romanian drama film directed by Mircea Mureșan based on a novel by Liviu Rebreanu about the Romanian peasant uprising of 1907. Mureșan won the prize for Best First Work at the 1966 Cannes Film Festival.^[1] It was the first Romanian film to be submitted to the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. However, it failed to be nominated.^[2]

Răscoala
Directed by	Mircea Mureșan
Written by	Liviu Rebreanu Petre Sălcudeanu [ro]
Starring	Ilarion Ciobanu Nicolae Secăreanu Matei Alexandru [ro] Emil Botta Ion Besoiu
Cinematography	Nicu Stan
Release date	1965 (1965)
Country	Romania
Language	Romanian

Cast

• Matei Alexandru [ro] (as Serafim Mogoș)
• Ion Besoiu (as Grigore Iuga)
• Adriana Bogdan (as Nadina)
• Emil Botta (as Anton Nebunul)
• Ilarion Ciobanu (as Petre Petre)
• Constantin Codrescu (as Baloleanu)
• Gheorghe Cozorici (as teacher Dragoș)
• Ernest Maftei (as Stan Marin)
• Ștefan Mihăilescu-Brăila (as Lupu Chirițoiu)
• Draga Olteanu-Matei (as Nadina's friend)
• Amza Pellea (as the military commander)
• Valentin Plătăreanu
• Colea Răutu (as Cosma Butuc)
• Nicolae Secăreanu (as Miron Iuga)
• Sandu Sticlaru [ro] (as sergeant Boiangiu)
• Constantin Rauțchi [ro] (as Toader)

See also

• List of submissions to the 39th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
• List of Romanian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film