Pacala is an important hero in Romanian popular tradition. He is always making fun of everything wrong with the human behaviour such as stupidity, greed or vanity. His attitude and actions always bring damages to the mean, evil and materialistic people. So beside the jokes, the movie has this philosophical layer, undoubtedly because Pacala's independent way of being, free spirit and his love for the nature creates a way of seeing life, bringing joy. Filmed in a very beautiful part of Romania in 1974, the movie had an important success at that time and it is considered one of the most loved movies in Romania ever. Like the hero, found in many stories and jokes, the movie forwards the spirit of true freedom and pure link with the nature, forgetting about times and governments.
Directed by Geo Saizescu
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Cast
Sebastian Papaiani
Păcală
Mariella Petrescu
Păcălița
Ștefan Mihăilescu-Brăila
The Forester
Vasilica Tastaman
Forester's Wife
Octavian Cotescu
The Collector
Mariana Mihuț
Collector's Wife
Aurel Cioranu
Ion
Cosma Brașoveanu
Gheorghe
Tanți Cocea
Păcală's Mother
Ion Besoiu
Thieves Leader
Ștefan Bănică
Thin Bandit
Ovid Teodorescu
Fat Bandit
Geo Saizescu
The Judge
Nucu Păunescu
The Innkeeper
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