FANTASTIC COMEDY (1975) - by Ion Popescu Gopo - fantastic movie online on CINEPUB
A man (Dem Rădulescu) walks into a bar and asks what happened to the rocket that's burning in the TV pictures.What fuel does it have? Who was the teacher who built it? He wanders around, interviews people who think he's a journalist or a detective, and when he's asked, he answers with the same clarity: "I'm not". (cinepub.ro)
Synopsis: A sci-fi movie, with a touch of lyrical comedy, "like a human irony against human enthusiasm" (Gopo): the presence on Earth of a human-like alien who has come to have a relationship with a scientist who had built a cosmic rocket but disappeared with his invention in a fire, is not without results. Instead of the energy he had hoped to bring from Earth to his planet to replenish its depleted reserves, the alien will take with him human experience and human wisdom and Earth's wisdom based on humor and fantasy. - Bujor T. Râpeanu ("Filmed in Romania", 2005, Ed. Fundației Pro)
Directed by: Ion Popescu Gopo
Cast: Dem Rădulescu, Cornel Coman, Vasilica Tastman, George Mihăiță, Marta Hertzec, Horia Popescu, Jorj Voicu, Petre Țăranu, Rodica Popescu, Florin Vasiliu, Coca Andronescu, Mihai Berechet, Haralambie Boroș, Niculescu Cadet, Horia Căciulescu, Mircea Bogdan, Eugenia Maci, Gheorghe Simoncea, Ion Dinu, Mihnea Mihăilescu
Script by: Ion Popescu Gopo
Producer: Casa de filme 5, Bucharest
Cinematography: Grigore Ionescu, Ștefan Horvath
Edited by: Eugenia Naghi
Sound: Dan Ionescu, Victor Cantuniari
Music: Dumitru Capoianu, piano fragments No. 1 by P.I. Tchaikovsky
