The Art of Acting, Integrated into the Film’s Aesthetics: Victor Rebengiuc in four films directed by Liviu Ciulei, Dan Pița, Stere Gulea, and Lucian Pintilie
The Art of Acting, Integrated into the Film’s Aesthetics: Victor Rebengiuc in four films directed by Liviu Ciulei, Dan Pița, Stere Gulea, and Lucian Pintilie

Summary/Abstract: Victor Rebengiuc (b. 1933) is one of the most renowned Romanian theatre and film actors. During his 68-year-long acting career, he contributed decisively to the success of remarkable films directed, among others, by Liviu Ciulei (1923-2011), Dan Pița (b. 1938), Stere Gulea (b. 1943), and Lucian Pintilie (1933-2018). Rebengiuc played Apostol Bologa in Ciulei’s Forest of the Hanged (Pădurea spânzuraţilor, 1965), Tănase Scatiu in Pița’s Tănase Scatiu (1976), Ilie Moromete in Gulea’s The Moromete Family (Moromeții, 1987), and Niki Ardelean in Pintilie’s Niki and Flo (Niki Ardelean, colonel în rezervă, 2003). All of these portrayals became iconic roles in the history of Romanian cinema. The research paper investigates how Victor Rebengiuc managed to masterfully embody four extremely different protagonists, under the guidance of four directors with distinctive styles, in an attempt to understand how the art of acting can be integrated into the film’s aesthetics.

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