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A Bomb Was Stolen (Шаблон:Lang-ro) is a 1962 Romanian dialogue-free spy film[1] directed by Ion Popescu-Gopo. It was entered into the 1962 Cannes Film Festival.[2]

Plot

The film begins with a nuclear bomb test. One of the bombs is stolen by gangsters, who hide the bomb in a bag. Inept police pursue the gangsters, and the bag containing the bomb is lost, and recovered by a passerby who does not know what's in the bag. The passerby goes about his day with the bag, pursued by the gangsters who are in turn pursued by the police.

Reception

The international press praised this film. In the English press, A Bomb Was Stolen received the label “an exuberant comedy” (Eric Shorter, Daily Telegraph, 25 August 1962), "a subtle and frequently hilarious satire" (Satiră din România, Edinburgh Evening News, 30 August 1962)Шаблон:Check, "a satirical fantasy" (Bomba, Daily Worker, 3 September 1962)Шаблон:Check. The Soviet journalist I. Surkova, writing for Sovetskaya Kulture, considered the film “full of witty jokes.”[3]

Cast

Awards

In May 1962, the film participated at the International Film Festival in Cannes, being nominated for the official Palme d'Or Award.[4][5]

  • It got several awards:
  • Merit Diploma at the New Europe Film Festival in Edinburgh (1962)[6]
  • Third Prize at the International Film Festival in Thessaloniki (September 1962)[6]
  • The Special Prize of the Jury “Silver Olive” at the International Festival of the Comic and Humorous Comedy, Palazzo del Parco, Bordighera (1963)
  • Honorary diploma at the Vienna Film Festival

References

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External links

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  1. Шаблон:Cite news
  2. Шаблон:Cite web
  3. I. Surkova - „Drumul spre gen (Note despre comedia cinematografică românească)”Шаблон:Check, în Sovețkaia Kulture, nr. 1443, 1962.
  4. Arhivele Festivalului Internațional de Film de la Cannes
  5. Ileana Dima - „Proiecții rare la Les Films de Cannes à Bucarest”, în "Evenimentul Zilei", 30 septembrie 2012.
  6. 6,0 6,1 Călin Căliman - „Istoria filmului românesc (1897-2000)” (Ed. Fundației Culturale Române, București, 2000), p. 167.