Stormy Bird

Stormy Bird
Stormy Bird
Directed by	Dinu Negreanu
Written by	Petru Dumitriu
Cinematography	Andrei Feher
Music by	Edgar Cosma
Release date	27 June 1957;
Running time	101 minutes
Country	Romania
Language	Romanian
Budget	5,743,000 lei

Stormy Bird (Romanian: Pasărea furtunii) is a 1957 Romanian drama film directed by Dinu Negreanu. The film portrays the lives of Black Sea fisherman during the Second World War and then in the years following the Communist takeover.

Plot

Cast

Production

Filming took place in the summer and autumn of 1956, with exterior shots in Mamaia-Sat and Ovidiu; interior shots in Buftea. Production costs amounted to 5,743,000 lei.

Reception

The film was seen by 1,799,445 viewers in cinemas in Romania, as attested by a situation of the number of viewers recorded by Romanian films from the date of premiere until December 31, 2014 compiled by the National Center of Cinematography.

References

↑ Liehm & Liehm p.143
↑ "Mircea Constantinescu (1)" (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 2022-04-07. Retrieved 2026-06-14.
↑ Andrei-Klauss, Agheorghiesei. "Aarc.ro - Pasărea furtunii (1956)" (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 2016-08-22. Retrieved 2026-06-14.
↑ Situația numărului de spectatori înregistrat de filmele românești ieșite în premieră până la 31.12.2014 (PDF) (Report). Centrul Național al Cinematografiei. 31 December 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 April 2016. Retrieved 14 June 2026.

Bibliography

Liehm, Mira; Liehm, Antonín J. (1977). The Most Important Art: Eastern European Film After 1945. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520031579 – via Internet Archive.

External links

Stormy Bird at IMDb

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[1] Liehm & Liehm p.143

[2] "Mircea Constantinescu (1)" (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 2022-04-07. Retrieved 2026-06-14.

[3] Andrei-Klauss, Agheorghiesei. "Aarc.ro - Pasărea furtunii (1956)" (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 2016-08-22. Retrieved 2026-06-14.

[4] Situația numărului de spectatori înregistrat de filmele românești ieșite în premieră până la 31.12.2014 (PDF) (Report). Centrul Național al Cinematografiei. 31 December 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 April 2016. Retrieved 14 June 2026.