Mihai Volontir
Acting
Biography
Glinzheni, Kingdom of Romania [now Moldova]
Born: March 9, 1934
Place of Birth: Glingeni, Bessarabia, Kingdom of Romania
Known For
Return of Budulai
For more than six months, Budulay, who had been brutally beaten by gangsters, had no memory. A chance encounter with his son Vanya, who had learned from his mother that his real father was Budulay, restored the boy's memory.
Looking for a Guard
A film about the former village of Crasna Putnei, located near Vicovu de Sus, Suceava County. The figuration was made by the villagers from Crasna, with the beautiful traditional Romanian costumes from Bucovina.
Ten Winters in One Summer
Four short stories tell about the inhabitants of the Moldovan village of Redu Mare. Stefan, a former front-line cowman, returned from the army and found unpleasant changes for himself. His beloved girlfriend got married... Originally from Redu Mare, the hero of the second novel is the power juggler Ion Ciocanu. The third novel tells about a young rural saint. His love for a random girl he met awakened a craving for a "mundane" life. But Valentine is lucky... The film ends with a story about Toolbarel, a cheerful and wise old man. He appears in all the other novels.
Root of Life
Fascinated by the idea of creating an industrial inter-collective farm garden, scientist Andrei Barbu interrupts his work at the institute and moves to the district...
Gypsy
A story about old Gypsy man Budulay, his troubled life, and the difficult love to a Russian woman.
Return of Budulai
A continuation of a saga about Budulai started in "Gypsy" (1979).
Don't Believe the Cry of a Night Bird
Immediately after the war, veteran Vasile Karuntu came to the machine-building plant where Ion worked, who soon became a foreman. They both fell in love with Maria, but she married Vasile. With Maria, he created a family, raised four children, three of whom are adopted orphans. And now, many years after the first rivalry, the management of the plant releases Jonah from the foreman and appoints Vasile instead...
Agent of the Secret Service
Musician Stefan meets a young attractive woman Lidia. Stefan is going on tour to Austria, and Lydia, "accidentally" remembering her Viennese acquaintance, asks to give her a souvenir from Moldova. In Vienna, Stefan is met by people who are well aware of his private life and even familiar with his diary. The musician begins to suspect something is wrong, but when his daughter's well-being is threatened, Stefan becomes truly worried...
Единственный мужчина
From Bug to Vistula
The Soviet war film tells the story of the last raid by the Ukrainian partisan division named after S. A. Kovpak, led by P. P. Vershigora, into enemy territory in 1943-1944, its advance to the state border between the USSR and Poland, and its international assistance to the Polish people in their liberation from the fascist invaders.
Filmography
as Ваня Медведь
as Hugo Vinchero
as Будулай Романов
as Budulai
as Radu
as Skiba
as Volentir
as Вершигора
as Будулай Романов
as Budulaj
as Ignat Balutse
as Evaristo
as Passerby
as Lukyan Batyr (Kolkhoz Chairman)
as Ion Mustyatse
as Warrant Officer Volentir
as Jabrail
as Andrei Răzlog
as Carlos Caro
as Obadă
as Ivan Turbinca