During the Communist period, some of these movies were seen as ground-breaking through either their way of publicly presenting Romanian history, or the masterful depiction of the heroical dimension of its history. Most of Nicolaescu's films are built around figures and events in Romanian history, and although showing superior mastery, in the (imposed) realistic approach they somewhat follow the patterns of historical movies from the Communist governed countries. Sergiu Nicolaescu was able, throughout his career, to select the best actors available for the characters they had to portray. The obstacle, eventually, was circumvented by means of casting, in the lead role of Mihai Viteazul the actor Amza Pellea, who achieved a masterful rendition of the hero. The communist authorities of the time drastically ruled for an all Romanian cast. It was initially planned that Sergiu Nicolaescu would produce Mihai Viteazul with Hollywood superstars playing the lead characters. Mihai Viteazul ( Michael the Brave) ruled the Romanian-speaking principalities ( Wallachia, Moldavia, and Transylvania), a union he accomplished under his reign for a very brief period (1600–1601). His 1976 film The Doom was entered into the 10th Moscow International Film Festival. The Extraterrestrial (original version only), the young boy Elliott watches this movie on TV – Mihai Viteazul in the US version – the scene with the battle of Calugareni. As an anecdotal detail, in Steven Spielberg's E.T. His 1971 film Mihai Viteazul was entered into the 7th Moscow International Film Festival. Nicolaescu continued his film-making career by both directing a large number of movies and starring in many of his own films. The film was entered into the 5th Moscow International Film Festival. His first feature film was the 1967 French-Romanian co- production Dacii ( Les Guerriers). Nicolaescu's debut as a director was in 1962 with the short film Scoicile nu au vorbit niciodată ( Shells Have Never Spoken). In his native Romania he is remembered as a superstar for his patriotism, the high praise he gained as a film director, and his charismatic and strong personality. His overwhelming film career spanning 55 years, leaves us today his legacy of some 60 movies, for the making of which he used to act at times, simultaneously, as film director, as an actor, and the writer/screenplayer. Nicolaescu was considered during his lifetime, as he is now, the most popular, loved and prolific Romanian movie director. During these years he acquired many of the skills that have proved so useful when making his later movies. He was hard-working, well-organized, curious, intelligent and keen of learning. After graduation he started to work as a camera operator. He graduated from the Politehnica University of Bucharest as a mechanical engineer. Nicolaescu was born in Târgu Jiu, Gorj County, but grew up in Timișoara, where his family moved when he was 5 years old.
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