An Armenian merchant promises that he'll reward the ship's captain with half of his wealth."-It's about what sort of a half",answers,cautious, "Gherasim"(=Ciobanu).(Later,they'll find out it was a nasty half:all the diamonds,topazes,rubies,sapphires Lupan has received from the Armenian prove to be fake:the merchant has cheated them,and Ciobanu's cautions were,after all,of no avail). "-We've passed into the Tyrrhenian,villainous sea,d... it!"("Gherasim") Or,when an apprentice sailor is amazed by the great number of Greek captains they seem to find in a meridional port,Lupan answers him:"All of the Greek sailors are captains!".
"Toate ..." is an interesting show,at least for its suspenseful and exotic adventure and for its cast (Besoiu,Ciobanu,Constantin,Rautu,Mrs. Szonyi,Florescu,etc.)(although Sollima's "Sandokan" is a much better TV show,with fewer good actors).
On the board of his ship,Lupan finds a letter,so he's able to track Vaillant,and the whole crew heads for Port Said.Then they reach the island Mussarah.A telegram from Saint Malo notifies Lupan that Pierre Vaillant has left for the South America.
The scene of the fight with the pirates,once "Speranta" has arrived in the Atlantic,is rather awkwardly done.
Ciobanu is mettlesome,gruff,punchy and plain.
Besoiu is charming,elegant,good-natured.
A special remark for J. Constantin,who does,here,his best role as an gossipy,pushing and joyful Turk. Later,Constantin's career as a showman and the junk he was forced to make got him into vulgar overacting and kitsch.But in "Toate ..." he is at his best and does an excellent "Ismail".
Mrs. Szonyi is ravishing,fresh,luminous,sweet-tempered.
Florescu,a largely underrated Romanian actor,is freakish and pert and groggy and quarrelsome.
G P Avram is rakish.
Radu Serban's score is OK.
Mrs. Vintila did the opening credits' design.
"Toate ..." is fun for a Scott/Dumas/RL Stevenson/Benoit-minded person.
"Toate ..." is an interesting show,at least for its suspenseful and exotic adventure and for its cast (Besoiu,Ciobanu,Constantin,Rautu,Mrs. Szonyi,Florescu,etc.)(although Sollima's "Sandokan" is a much better TV show,with fewer good actors).
On the board of his ship,Lupan finds a letter,so he's able to track Vaillant,and the whole crew heads for Port Said.Then they reach the island Mussarah.A telegram from Saint Malo notifies Lupan that Pierre Vaillant has left for the South America.
The scene of the fight with the pirates,once "Speranta" has arrived in the Atlantic,is rather awkwardly done.
Ciobanu is mettlesome,gruff,punchy and plain.
Besoiu is charming,elegant,good-natured.
A special remark for J. Constantin,who does,here,his best role as an gossipy,pushing and joyful Turk. Later,Constantin's career as a showman and the junk he was forced to make got him into vulgar overacting and kitsch.But in "Toate ..." he is at his best and does an excellent "Ismail".
Mrs. Szonyi is ravishing,fresh,luminous,sweet-tempered.
Florescu,a largely underrated Romanian actor,is freakish and pert and groggy and quarrelsome.
G P Avram is rakish.
Radu Serban's score is OK.
Mrs. Vintila did the opening credits' design.
"Toate ..." is fun for a Scott/Dumas/RL Stevenson/Benoit-minded person.