Mircea
Directed bySergiu Nicolaescu
Written byTitus Popovici
StarringSergiu Nicolaescu
Adrian Pintea
Music byAdrian Enescu
Release date
  • November 17, 1989 (1989-11-17)
Running time
137 minutes
CountryRomania
LanguageRomanian
Budget21 million lei[1]

Mircea (AKA: Proud Heritage) is a 1989 film about Mircea the Elder, the Christian king of Wallachia who repelled the attempts at conquest made by the Ottoman Empire in the late 14th century and early 15th century. The film also depicts a young Vlad the Impaler, Mircea's grandson, who would succeed him on the throne and continue his legacy of resistance against the Ottoman invasion.

The screenplay was written by Titus Popovici and the film was directed by Sergiu Nicolaescu. In the film, the main character is named Mircea the Great, avoiding the wording Mircea the Elder in order not to be associated with the advanced age of Nicolae Ceaușescu (71 years old in 1989).[2] After being edited at the direction of Ceaușescu (who disliked several aspects of the movie), the film premiered at the Patria Cinema in Bucharest, on November 17, 1989, just one month before the start of the Romanian Revolution.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Epure, Adrian (October 2, 2016). ""Din culisele cinematografiei": Cum a ajuns filmul "Mircea" un adevărat coșmar pentru Ceaușești". Adevărul (in Romanian). Retrieved October 2, 2022.
  2. ↑ Țiu, Ilarion (January 7, 2013). "Falsurile din filmele lui Sergiu Nicolaescu". Adevărul (in Romanian). Retrieved October 2, 2022.
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