Telegrame (film)

Telegrame is a 1959 Romanian comedy film directed by Aurel Miheleș [ro] and Gheorghe Naghi and starring Grigore Vasiliu Birlic. The film, based on the eponymous sketch by Ion Luca Caragiale, premiered in Romania on 1 March 1960.^[1] It was entered into the 1960 Cannes Film Festival.^[2]

Telegrame
Directed by	Aurel Miheleș [ro] Gheorghe Naghi
Written by	Ion Luca Caragiale Mircea Ștefănescu
Starring	Grigore Vasiliu Birlic Costache Antoniu Jules Cazaban Marcel Anghelescu Mircea Șeptilici
Cinematography	Ion Cosma
Release date	March 1, 1960 (1960-03-01)
Running time	76 minutes
Country	Romania
Language	Romanian

Cast

• Coca Andronescu as the prosecutor's daughter
• Marcel Anghelescu as Popic
• Costache Antoniu as Antonache Pamfil
• Niki Atanasiu [ro] as Raul Grigorașcu
• Horia Căciulescu [ro] as the guard Zapcianu
• Jules Cazaban as Iordăchel Gudurău
• Ștefan Ciubotărașu as the owner of the café
• Remus Comăneanu [ro] as general Grigorașcu
• Radu Dunăreanu [ro]
• Fory Etterle as a Minister
• Mihai Fotino as the Minister of Interior
• Alexandru Giugaru as the County Court prosecutor
• Nineta Gusti [ro] as the Lady
• Alexandru Ionescu-Ghibericon [ro] as the bandmaster
• Ștefan Iordănescu-Bruno [ro]
• Alexandru D. Lungu [ro] as the sweeper
• George Mărutză [ro]
• Mihai Mereuță [ro] as the general's servant
• Nicolae Neamțu-Ottonel [ro] as Iorgu, the Prime Minister
• Draga Olteanu as a commenting wife
• Nucu Păunescu [ro] as a pool player
• Dem Rădulescu as another pool player
• Mircea Șeptilici as the Minister of Justice
• Horia Șerbănescu [ro] as Jenică
• Carmen Stănescu as Atenaisa Perjoiu
• Vasilica Tastaman [ro] as woman in love with Turturel
• Ovid Teodorescu [ro] as Albert Gudurău
• Florin Vasiliu [ro] as Mr. Turturel
• Grigore Vasiliu Birlic as Costăchel Gudurău
• Unknown yet as telegraph operator Crudela