''If I Were Harap Alb'' () is a 1965 Romanian

fantasy film Fantasy films are films that belong to the fantasy genre with fantastic themes, usually Magic (paranormal), magic, supernatural events, mythology, folklore, or exotic fantasy worlds. The Film genre, genre is considered a form of speculative fic ...

directed by

Ion Popescu-Gopo Ion Popescu-Gopo (; 1 May 1923 – 29 November 1989) was a Romanian graphic artist and animator, but also writer, film director, and actor. He was born in Bucharest, Romania. He was a prominent personality in the Romanian cinematography and the ...

. It was entered into the

4th Moscow International Film Festival The 4th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 5 to 20 July 1965. The Grand Prix was shared between the Soviet film ''War and Peace (film series), War and Peace'' directed by Sergei Bondarchuk and the Hungarian film ''Twenty Hours'' di ...

where Popescu-Gopo won the award for Best Director. The film is based on the fairy tale The Story of Harap Alb by Romanian writer Ion Creangă.

Plot

Taken from an old fairy tale. White Moor is the prince who is second in line to the throne. After the king sends him to visit his uncle, the prince meets various memorable people and is captured by a bad guy who assumes his identity and forces him to become a slave.

Cast

Florin Piersic Florin Piersic (; born 27 January 1936) is a well-known Romanian actor and TV personality. He is particularly known for his leading roles in '' The White Moor'' and the films. He has a reputation, often parodied in popular culture, as a racont ...

as Harap-Alb *

Emil Botta Emil Botta (; 15 September 1911 – 24 July 1977) was a Romanian actor, poet and prose writer, the younger brother of poet-essayist Dan Botta. Though born in Western Moldavia, the two boys were raised by their Corsican mother in Muscel County; ...

as Roșu Împarat *

Fory Etterle Fory Etterle (; 24 May 1908–16 September 1983) was a Romanian film actor. Biography Born in Ploiești, he attended the city's Ion Luca Caragiale High School. After taking courses at the Faculty of Law of the University of Bucharest, he studied ...

as Verde Împarat * George Demetru as Alb Împarat *

Chris Avram Chris Avram (born Cristea Avram; 31 August 1931 – 10 January 1989) was a Romanian-Italian film actor. Early life and career Avram was born in Bucharest, into a family of active communists (his father being a member of the Romanian Communist Par ...

as Spânul * Liliana Tomescu as Ochilă *

Florin Vasiliu The Republic of Florence, Florentine florin was a gold coin (in Italian ''Fiorino d'oro'') struck from 1252 to 1533 with no significant change in its design or metal content standard during that time. It had 54 grain (measure), grains () of n ...

as Setilă *

Puiu Călinescu Puiu () is both a Romanian masculine given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: *Cristi Puiu (born 1967), Romanian film director and screenwriter *Visarion Puiu (1879–1964), Romanian Orthodox bishop *Puiu Dumitrescu, private ...

as Gerilă * Mircea Bogdan as Flămânzilă * Viorel Manta as Păsărilă

References

External links

* 1965 films 1960s fantasy films 1960s Romanian-language films Romanian fantasy films Films directed by Ion Popescu-Gopo Romanian children's films {{fantasy-film-stub