A Lost Letter (Romanian: O scrisoare pierdută) is a 1953 Romanian historical comedy film directed by Sică Alexandrescu and Victor Iliu. It is based on the 1884 play A Lost Letter by Ion Luca Caragiale.
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Plot
A compromising love letter that goes astray threatens to cause a scandal in a small provincial town in the late nineteenth century.
Cast
Marcel Anghelescu as Ghiță Pristanda
Costache Antoniu as Un cetățean turmentat (a drunk citizen)
Nicky Atanasiu as Ștefan Tipătescu
Radu Beligan as Agamemnon Dandanache
Ion Finteșteanu as Tache Farfuridi
Alexandru Giugaru as Zaharia Trahanache
Elvira Godeanu as Zoe Trahanache
Ion Henter as Ionescu
Ion Talianu as Nae Cațavencu
Grigore Vasiliu-Birlic as Brânzovenescu
Reception
The film is the directorial debut of Alexandrescu, a renowned theater director, who had staged the play at the Teatrului Naţional; Tudor Caranfil, noting various changes in the cast, praised the production.
The adaptation was judged of an "absolute fidelity" to the play.