Romanian film director Sergiu Nicolaescu dies
By ALISON MUTLER
Associated Press
BUCHAREST, Romania -- Sergiu Nicolaescu, a prolific and
popular Romanian director known for his historical epics who also served as a
Senator, died Thursday January 3, 2013. He was 82.
The Elias Hospital said Nicolaescu died from heart and
lung complications following surgery for digestive problems.
Nicolaescu quit politics in December, having been Senator
for the Social Democracy Party since 1992.
Nicolaescu made some 50 movies in his lifetime, and
despite his career in politics, continued to direct films such as the ''Orient
Express" in 2004. He was best known for historical films which found favor
with the Communist regime before it collapsed in 1989. His 1979 movie ''Mihai
the Brave" is considered a cinematic classic in Romania.
''A star of Romania has been extinguished," said
Prime Minister Victor Ponta.
Nicolaescu was also an actor, and had several leading
roles during his career, notably playing King Carol I in "Carol I," a
movie he also directed that was released in 2010. Sergiu directed two
Euro-western TV films ‘The Leatherstocking Tales’ (aka ‘Adventures in Ontario’)
(1969) and ‘Burning Daylight’ (1975).
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