Ion Besoiu
Date of birth: 1931-03-11
Place of birth: Sibiu, Romania
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Ион Бесою
Biography
He was born in Sibiu in 1931 and graduated the city's Theater and Music Academy. After making his debut in 1957, he played for 16 years at the Radu Stanca National Theatre in Sibiu. He then moved to Bucharest, where he played at the Bulandra Theatre. He later served for 12 years as director of this well-known theatre.
Movie Credits
Michael the Brave
1971-02-13
An epic fresco depicting the reign (1593-1601) of Mihai Pătrașcu (better known as "Mihai Viteazul" /
Subspecies
1991-08-08
Three students get caught in the struggle between a good vampire and his evil brother in the Transyl
Ashes and Blood
2009-09-09
Exiled from her country since her husband's murder ten years earlier, Judith lives in Marseille with
Ion: The Lust for the Land, the Lust for Love
1980-04-14
Jon, a young peasant love more "the land" than his engaged girlhood, Florica.Just when Ion thinks he
Loverboy
2011-05-18
Luca (20) seduces girls then leaves them in the hands of his friends at the Black Sea port of Consta
The Immortals
1974-12-23
It's the story of a few men that wonder across Europe trying to come home and rebuild what Mihai Vit
A Police Inspector Calls
1974-04-01
The Iron Guard, also known as Legion of Archangel Michael, was a Romanian nationalist and patriotic
The Last Bullet
1973-05-26
A continuation of a story started in the drama "With Clean Hands" (1972). Commissioner Miclovan's la
Revenge
1978-11-12
"Revansa" (Revenge) appeared not so long after the preview movie of the series, "Un comisar acuza" (
Then I Sentenced Them All to Death
1972-01-24
A young boy is adopted by a priest and his wife during the Nazi occupation of Romania during the Sec
Brigade Miscellaneous on Alert
1971-07-26
The adventures of three Romanian inept petty criminals during the 1970s.
François Villon: The Maverick Poet
1987-01-01
The film is a novelized biography of François Villon (1431-1463), known as the Wandering Poet, who l
Proud Heritage
1989-11-17
After 1394 King Mircea the Elder, ruler of Wallachia, ponders the eventual consequences of a militar
Bucharest Non-Stop
2015-06-06
"Bucharest Non-Stop" is a feature film that tells the story of a neighborhood of Bucharest. More spe
Last Night of Love
1980-03-30
In 1916, shortly before Romania's entry in World War One Romanian Army Lieutenant Tudor Gheorghiu is
Michael, the Dog That Sang
1979-10-01
The adventures of the Irish terrier Michael began the moment he ran to the shore during a walk. Here
Jacob
1988-10-03
Jacob (Dorel Visan) is a gold miner who risks his life daily to support his wife, mother-in-law, and
Fed Up
1994-01-01
Young Doina has a car accident. In intensive care, the doctor, Vali, calls her time of death but dis
Astray
1978-01-01
In the communist Romania of Nicolae Ceausescu, a young Romanian woman marries a German citizen just
The Uprising
1966-06-08
After years of deplorable conditions of poverty and injustice, peasants revolt against the landowner
The Mysteries of Bucharest
1983-09-12
The Principality of Wallachia with the capital Bucharest (today a region of Romania) before the Revo
The Silver Mask
1985-05-25
Agatha Slatineanu, together with the alleged banker Troianoff, rob the boyar Valcu of a treasure col
Mirror
1994-02-11
Depicts Romania during World War II, focusing on the Royal Coup that toppled Ion Antonescu, the Axis
Poor Ioanide
1980-04-28
Ioanide, an apolitical and misunderstood artist who dreams of "things that are normal abroad but imp
Bariera
1972-12-11
In 1942, Nea' Vitu is in trouble with his children: a son is fascinated by the world of war profitee
White Gate
2014-06-06
Two young men are sent to a labour camp when they try to escape Romania.
Ciprian Porumbescu
1973-04-19
This film envisions the patriotic and tragic life of Romanian composer Ciprian Porumbescu.
Tudor
1963-11-18
Tudor Vladimirescu fights against the Ottoman Turkish domination of Romania and the social agitation
Camera alba
1965-12-29
A simple story about a man who, in saving another man - whom he does not know - suffers all the cons
The Outlaws
1966-04-21
First of 2 films set during the 18th century in the mountains of Wallachia, about a band of outlaws
The Soimaresti Clan
1965-04-12
Vying for Principality of Moldavia's throne the descendants of Prince Stephen the Great start a bloo
The Dacians
1967-05-31
The great King of Dacia, Decebal (Decebalus), is disposed to make the ultimate sacrifice in order to
The Thirst
1960-10-20
The communists are taking over the boyar land and do the agrarian reform.
Forest Fruit
1983-11-21
The 17-year-old Amalia, the daughter of a widower lumberjack with many children, falls in love with
Crew for Singapore
1981-01-01
A ship captain loses his ship and most of his crew in a shipwreck in the Caribbean. Returning home,
Calea Victoriei sau cheia visurilor
1966-02-08
Attorney Constantin Lipan (Geo Barton) is tasked to investigate the case of an oil magnate, Iordan H
The Bone Srewn Road
1980-05-19
Margelatu, the feared criminal helps the Romanian resistance to fight the dictatorial authorities.
The Turquoise Necklace
1986-03-03
The kidnapping of a Viennese banker and his daughter threatens to trigger a diplomatic scandal, whic
The Castle of the Condemned
1970-05-04
After the Nazi troops retreat from Czechoslovakia, some troops are left behind and choose to fight t
Lilac Blossoms for the Second Time
1988-09-11
Dana, a young teacher, loses her husband in a car accident. Her four year old son misses a father a
The Actor and the Savages
1975-01-20
Toma Caragiu plays Costica Caratase character inspired by the personality of the great actor Constan
The Romanian Musketeer
1975-10-13
During the 18th century when Moldavian Prince Dimitrie Cantemir writes The History of the Rise and F
Păcală
1974-01-09
Pacala is an important hero in Romanian popular tradition. He is always making fun of everything wro
The Last Assault
1985-01-01
The film tells about the period when Romania joined the Allies against the Axis in WW2.
Mercenaries' Trap
1982-05-13
The movie is based on a true story from the end of WWI, in Transylvania. A nobleman who owned some l
Secretul lui Nemesis
1987-11-02
The administrator of a huge apartment block in Bucharest, a former great Communist Party activist, n
Everything is Paid
1987-12-12
Margelatu discovers and annihilates a plot by the Austrians by infiltrating the Fratia organization
The Duel
1981-06-14
Officer Moldovan must solve the case of a robbery. Credit Central Bank was robbed fast and hard by a
The Recruitment
1985-01-01
Lured by a delusional offer, a young geologist ravels abroad where he falls in the tentacles of an e
The Cyanide and the Raindrop
1978-09-25
Investigation into the death of a modest cashier.
The Power and The Truth
1972-02-15
This is a communist propaganda movie that follows the life of an engineer who is in conflict with po
The Brothers
1971-09-20
Family conflicts in the times of communist collectivization.
The Snowstorm
1973-11-19
The struggle to convince the peasants to join the collective farm in Romania 60s.
Merriment Ward
1964-10-12
How a worker family living in a worker neighborhood of between wars Bucharest come involved with the
The Storm
1960-06-08
The Nazi troops are retreating from Romania. On a wester town, they have to be held back until some
Doctor Poenaru
1978-05-22
In 1919, young Doctor Poenaru is sent to be the director at a country hospital. On his way there he
Mad Forest
1982-01-01
A young communist returns to a small provincial town.
Blackmail
1981-02-23
A gang falsifies college degrees and sells them. They also help their careers, so that later they ca
Your Part of the Blame
1963-11-28
This movie follows the story of a young man - Mihai Brad, who works for a industrial plant. He reach
Dangerous Turn
1983-04-25
A medic is hunted by guilt of killing a man in a car accident, a cop who staged an experiment of pla
Chess to the King
1966-01-26
When he tries to arrest a suspect, a police captain find him dead. Investigation will uncover a coun
Shootings Under the Moonlight
1977-12-12
During 1947 Romania's Communist Security Forces hunt down the last anti-Communist resistance fighter
Asediul
1971-08-21
A communist prefect saves the day, saves the night, saves the building and the people. A communist p
At the Crossroads of Great Storms
1980-12-08
In 1848 during the tumultuous era of European revolutions shaking the continent out of its feudal-ba
The Convoy
1981-08-21
During the Second World War, a fascist warden takes over a prison in Romania and plans to kill commu
Strange Agent
1974-11-04
This is a thriller based on a theatre play by Horia Lovinescu - „Omul care şi-a pierdut omenia” (The
Captain's Ion Arrow
1973-09-20
In 1462 the Ottoman Turks displeased with Wallachian Prince Vlad the Impaler plot to overthrow and r
Eagle 101
1957-08-21
A love story sprinkled with spies. A young hero pilot is vulnerable in front of foreign agents due t
Mult mai de preț e iubirea
1982-01-01
A young girl, who keeps trying unsuccessfully to get into college, wins a large sum at the Lottery.
Horea
1984-11-05
Cinematic evocation of the Horea, Cloşca and Crişan.
Căruța cu mere
1983-10-24
Romania in the year 1947: two years after the end of the second World War, the King (Mihai of Hohenz
I Hope to See You Again
1985-01-01
A young engineer which settled in Bucharest after his studies, returns to his village to spend his s
Cantemir
1975-06-11
Historical adventure film that evokes the figure of the Prince Dimitrie Cantemir. The heroes fight f
Sick Animals
1970-01-01
Following 3 murders, the investigations will have some unexpected turns.