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The Ball (Romanian: Mingea "ball" in the sense of a football) is a 1958 Romanian drama film directed by Andrei Blaier and Sinișa Ivetici [ro]. It was entered into the 1st Moscow International Film Festival.[1] In the Romania of the 1930s the economic crisis has serious impact on society. A teacher is fired from work and fights to make ends meet, while his paralyzed son dreams of a soccer ball with which to play. The father falls in with communist activists, one of whom helps him find a ball for his son.

The Ball
Directed by	Andrei Blaier Sinișa Ivetici [ro]
Starring	Lazăr Vrabie [ro] Ion Bodeanu Andrei Codarcea [ro]
Cinematography	Lupu Gutman
Release date	1958 (1958)
Running time	94 minutes
Country	Romania
Language	Romanian

Cast

• Lazăr Vrabie [ro] as the Father
• Ion Bodeanu as Ionel
• Andrei Codarcea [ro] as Chiriță
• Sandu Sticlaru [ro] as the Policeman
• Ion Ulmeni as the High School Principal
• Antoaneta Glodeanu [ro] as the wife of Chiriță
• Constantin Vaeni [ro]

References

External links

• The Ball at IMDb

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