Ernest Maftei | |
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| Born | (1920-03-06)March 6, 1920 |
| Died | 19 October 2006(2006-10-19) (aged 86) |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1953–2006 |
Ernest Maftei (Romanian pronunciation:[ˈernestmafˈtej]; 6 March 1920 – 19 October 2006) was aRomanian film actor. He appeared in more than seventy films from 1953 to 2006.
Born inPrăjești,Bacău County, he attended high school inBacău, and, at age 17, he joined the youth branch of theIron Guard. For his militant activities, he was detained, in 1938, for 5 months at a correctional facility inVaslui and, later, at prisons in:Galați,Jilava andVăcărești. In 1944, he graduated theAcademy of Music and Dramatic Art of Iași. During the earlyCommunist regime, he was arrested and spent more time in prison before being released, after the intervention of some Jews he helped.[1]
In December 1989, Maftei took an active role in theRomanian Revolution, while in June 1990, he was severely beaten during aMineriad, inBucharest. He died in Bucharest, in 2006.[1]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2005 | Lacrimi de iubire | Dionisie | |
| 2003 | Trăsniții | ||
| 2001 | Detectiv fără voie | ||
| 1979 | Mihail, câine de circ | Greenleaf | |
| Vlad Țepes (film) | Manzila | ||
| 1976 | Through the ashes of the empire | The Gypsy | |
| The Doom | Sava Petrache | ||
| Accident | The grandfather | ||
| 1972 | Then, I sentenced them all to death | Marcu | |
| 1968 | The reenactment | ||
| 1965 | Răscoala |
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