The Waves of the Danube

For the waltz, see Waves of the Danube.

The Waves of the Danube (Romanian: Valurile Dunării) is a 1960 Romanian film directed by Liviu Ciulei and based on a screenplay by Francisc Munteanu and Titus Popovici.

The Waves of the Danube
Directed by	Liviu Ciulei
Screenplay by	Francisc Munteanu Titus Popovici
Produced by	Gheorghe Teban Dumitru Carabăț
Starring	Lazăr Vrabie Liviu Ciulei Irina Petrescu Ștefan Ciubotărașu Costel Constantinescu Mircea Septilici
Cinematography	Grigore Ionescu
Edited by	Rada Israil
Music by	Theodor Grigoriu
Production company	Buftea Studios
Distributed by	Româniafilm
Release date	23 May 1960 (1960-05-23)
Running time	100 minutes
Country	Romania
Language	Romanian

Cast

• Lazăr Vrabie — lt. Valentin Toma, the undercover officer taken as a sailor on the barge NFR 724
• Liviu Ciulei — Mihai Strejan, the helmsman of barge NFR 724
• Mircea Septilici — the German officer who orders the dispatch of a barge
• Irina Petrescu — Ana Strejan, the young wife of the helmsman
• Ștefan Ciubotărașu — policeman, head of the Preventive Detention
• Costel Constantinescu — rail worker, clandestine communist, Toma's liaison

Reception

The film was watched by 4,953,112 spectators in cinemas in Romania, as evidenced by a situation of the number of spectators recorded by Romanian films from the date of the premiere until December 31, 2014 compiled by the National Cinematography Center.