Iulian Mihu

Romanian film director

Iulian Mihu
Born	(1926-11-30)30 November 1926 Bucharest, Romania
Died	20 June 1999(1999-06-20) (aged 72) Bucharest, Romania
Alma mater	Caragiale National University of Theatre and Film
Occupation	Film director
Years active	1953–1998

Iulian Mihu (3 November 1926 – 20 June 1999) was a Romanian film director.^[1] He directed nineteen films between 1953 and 1998. His 1981 film The Pale Light of Sorrow was entered into the 12th Moscow International Film Festival, where it won a Special Diploma.^[2]

Born in Bucharest, he graduated in 1955 from the I.L. Caragiale Institute of Theatre and Film Arts (IATC).^[3] He made his directing debut with two short films: La mere (1953), directed together with Manole Marcus, and Jocurile copilăriei (1955). His first feature film, Viața nu iartă (1957), was the adaptation of a novel by Alexandru Sahia.^[4] In addition to The Pale Light of Sorrow, his best known films are Felix și Otilia (1972), after the novel Enigma Otiliei [ro] by George Călinescu, Nu filmăm să ne amuzăm (1974), and Alexandra și infernul (1975), after a novel by Laurențiu Fulga [ro].^[5] He died in 1999 in Bucharest, at age 72.^[4]

Selected filmography

La mere [ro] (1953)
Jocurile copilăriei (1955)
Viața nu iartă [ro] (1957)
Poveste sentimentală [ro] (1961)
Procesul alb [ro] (1965)
Felix și Otilia (1972)
Alexandra și infernul [ro] (1975)
Nu filmăm să ne-amuzăm [ro] (1975)
Marele singuratic [ro] (1976)
Femeia la volan (1979)
The Pale Light of Sorrow (1981)
Omul și umbra [ro] (1981)
Comoara [ro] (1983)
Surorile [ro] (1984)
Anotimpul iubirii [ro] (1986)
Muzica e viața mea [ro] (1988)
Băiatul cu o singură bretea (1991)
Dublu extaz [ro] (1998)

References

^ "Iulian Mihu". cinemagia. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
^ "12th Moscow International Film Festival (1981)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 21 April 2013. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
^ "Iulian Mihu". aarc.ro. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Teatru și film românești: "Felix și Otilia" (1972)". Agerpres (in Romanian). 18 August 2018. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
^ Tronaru, Doinel (17 February 2001). "Iulian Mihu – "Lumina palidă a durerii"". aarc.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 26 August 2023.