Jules Cazaban

Jules Cazaban (1903-1963) was a

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n playwright and director. Born in

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, Romania, he studied law at the

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, and then at the Conservatory of Dramatic Art in the same city. At the beginning of his activity, he was a theater actor in Iaşi (between 1927 and 1929), then moved to

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, where he played an important role in theater and in the movie industry until his death. His films include ''

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'' (1961), ''The Storm'' (1960) and '' Telegrame'' (1959). Romanian theatre directors People from Fălticeni 1903 births 1963 deaths 20th-century Romanian dramatists and playwrights {{Romania-bio-stub