The Waves of the Danube

The Waves of the Danube is a 1960 Romanian film directed by Liviu Ciulei and based on a screenplay by Francisc Munteanu and Titus Popovici.

Cast

Lazăr Vrabie — lt. Valentin Toma, the undercover officer taken as a sailor on the barge NFR 724
Liviu Ciulei — Mihai Strejan, the helmsman of barge NFR 724
Mircea Septilici — the German officer who orders the dispatch of a barge
Irina Petrescu — Ana Strejan, the young wife of the helmsman
Ștefan Ciubotărașu — policeman, head of the Preventive Detention
Costel Constantinescu — rail worker, clandestine communist, Toma's liaison

Reception

The film was watched by 4,953,112 spectators in cinemas in Romania, as evidenced by a situation of the number of spectators recorded by Romanian films from the date of the premiere until December 31, 2014 compiled by the National Cinematography Center.