Duelul (1981)

User Rating:

7.7/10   

Director:

Sergiu Nicolaescu

Writers:

Mircea Burada (writer)
Vintilä Corbul (writer)

Genre:

Thriller

Plot:

Officer Moldovan must solve the case of a robbery.

Plot Keywords:

1930s

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Sergiu Nicolaescu	...	Comisarul Moldovan
Jean Constantin	...	Limba
Colea Rautu	...	Grigore Maimuca
Ion Ritiu	...	Rica Pasarin
Ovidiu Iuliu Moldovan	...	Ticu
George Mihaita	...	Petrescu
Toma Dorel	...	Piciu
Ana Maria Moculescu
Marian Stoica	...	Chiftea
Adrian Ciovei
Liviu Mirea	...	Iliuta
Marian Ivascu	...	Utu
Ion Munteanu
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ion Besoiu	...	Zavoianu
Vladimir Gaitan
Corneliu Gîrbea	...	Ureche (as Corneliu Gârbea)
Basarab Hosu	...	Lordul
Stefan Mihailescu-Braila	...	Pricop
Vasile Popa
Aristide Teica

Also Known As:

The Duel

Country:

Romania

Language:

Romanian

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Bucharest, Romania

Movie Connections:

Follows Un comisar acuza (1973)

A homage to the American gangster films

If I were to be very objective I would probably rate this movie a 7. But because I know Sergiu Nicolaescu's work in detail and because I know his inventivity and resourcefulness as a director I will give it a 10. "Duelul" is really a homage paid to the American gangster films portraying the 1930s or the documentary movies about the city children made in America during the 1940's. Nevertheless it should not be considered that Nicolaescu simply made a clone movie. The historical setting was Bucharest during the late 1930's and Nicoleascu superbly manages to bring to life the perfume of the inter-war era, in what seems to be a more romantic view easier to understand when you think that "duelul" was made in 1981 during the hardest stage of the communist era in Romania. This is a movie really worth seeing for Romanians and foreigners alike (if they get their hands on a translation)