Victor Rebengiuc

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Victor Rebengiuc known in full as VictorGeorge Rebengiuc born February 10 1933 is an awardwinning Romanian film and stage actor also known as a civil society activist Since 1957 he has been a member of the Bulandra Theater company acting in more than 200 roles on that stage alone Having had his breakthrough performance with Liviu Ciuleis The Forest of the Hanged Rebengiuc became a major figure in Romanian cinema and became especially known for his 1986 appearance in Stere Guleas Moromeţii He also starred in films by Dan Piţa Tănase Scatiu Dreptate în lanţuri Faleze de nisip The Man of the Day and Lucian Pintilie De ce trag clopotele Mitică Balanţa Too Late Last Stop Paradise Niki and Flo Tertium non datur Rebengiuc was celebrated for his stage performances appearing in plays directed by among others Ciulei Radu Penciulescu Andrei Şerban Cătălina Buzoianu Yuri Kordonsky Gábor Tompa and Alexandru Dabija The former husband of actress Anca Vereşti he is married to Mariana Mihuţ his Bulandra colleague Rebengiucs life under the communist regime provided him an anticommunist perspective and some of his 1980s films were censored or banned by the countrys officials In 1989 he took part in the Romanian Revolution when he was among the people who stormed into the Romanian Television building and broadcast the downfall of Nicolae Ceauşescu and an end to communist rule Rebengiuc subsequently spoke out against political forces he believes stand for the regimes legacy in modern society and called for the retrospective condemnation of communism As a public figure he has had a brief career in politics and since the mid1990s endorses nongovernmental organizations Description above from the Wikipedia article Victor Rebengiuc licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia