''Kingdom in the Clouds'' (

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: ''Tinerețe fără bătrînețe'' – literal title: ''Youth Without Old Age'') is a

Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

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 ...

from 1969. It was directed and written by

Elisabeta Bostan Elisabeta Bostan (born 1 March 1931) is a Romanian film director and screenwriter. She directed 25 films between 1956 and 1991. Biography Born in Buhuși, Bacău County, she attended the in Piatra Neamț, where she staged her first theater pro ...

from a story by

Petre Ispirescu Petre Ispirescu (; January 1830 – 21 November 1887) was a Romanian editor, folklorist, printer, and publicist. He is best known for his work as a gatherer of Romanian folk tales, recounting them with a remarkable talent. Career Petre Ispire ...

(''Tinerețe fără bătrânețe și viață fără de moarte'').

Plot

A young man's quest for a kingdom promising eternal youth and immortality. To reach his goal he must fulfill the three wishes of the Emperor's daughter, retrieve three golden objects, answer three riddles set by the Lord of Time, overcome an evil witch, and escape the Kingdom of Lies ruled by an evil Emperor and the young man's nemesis, the Prince of Lies. In return for good deeds along the way, he is given a magical horn and feather to aid him in his quest and is served by a flying horse, all this before he can finally enter the Kingdom of Youth without Old Age and Life without Death and marry the Emperor's daughter.

Cast

Carmen Stănescu Carmen Stănescu (29 July 1925 – 11 April 2018) was a Romanian stage and film actress. She was born in Bucharest and died in Snagov. Filmography * '' Bădăranii'' (1960) as Felice, Canciano Tartuffola's wife * ''Frații Jderi'' (1974) * '' ...

as Împărăteasa Tinereții * as Împăratul/Moș Vreme (Lord of Time) * (as Ana Széles) as Zâna * as

Făt-Frumos Făt-Frumos (from Romanian language, Romanian ''făt'': son, infant; ''frumos'': handsome) is a knight hero in Romanian folklore, as exemplified in the fairy tale ''Făt-Frumos with the Golden Hair''. Făt-Frumos has to go through tests and ob ...

Nicolae Secăreanu Nicolae Secăreanu (; 12 July 1901 – 29 September 1992) was a well-known Romanian opera bass singer and actor. Born in Nanov, Teleorman County, he attended the Matei Basarab High School in Bucharest and then the Law School at the University o ...

as Împăratul Minciună * as son of Împăratului Minciună * as Vrăjitoarea * as Înțeleptul *

Margareta Pogonat Margareta-Caliopi Pogonat (6 March 1933 – 11 May 2014) was a Romanian theatre and film actress. She was born in Iași. Her father, Alexandru Pogonat, was a journalist and poet who died in 1941 on the Eastern Front; her grandfather, , was a jur ...

George Motoi George Motoi (22 January 1936 – 4 March 2015) was a Romanian actor. He appeared in more than thirty films from 1962 to 2005. Selected filmography References External links * 1936 births 2015 deaths Romanian male film actors ...

(as George Mottoi) * as Ursitoare * (as Eugenia Bosînceanu) as Ursitoare * (as Zoe Anghel-Stanca) as Ursitoare * Simona Manda

External links

* Films directed by Elisabeta Bostan 1960s Romanian-language films 1969 films 1960s fantasy films Romanian fantasy films Films based on fairy tales {{1960s-Romania-film-stub