The Ball (Romanian: Mingea "ball" in the sense of a football) is a 1958 Romanian drama film directed by Andrei Blaier and Sinișa Ivetici [ro]. It was entered into the 1st Moscow International Film Festival.[1] In the Romania of the 1930s the economic crisis has serious impact on society. A teacher is fired from work and fights to make ends meet, while his paralyzed son dreams of a soccer ball with which to play. The father falls in with communist activists, one of whom helps him find a ball for his son.

The Ball
Directed byAndrei Blaier
Sinișa Ivetici [ro]
StarringLazăr Vrabie [ro]
Ion Bodeanu
Andrei Codarcea [ro]
CinematographyLupu Gutman
Release date
  • 1958 (1958)
Running time
94 minutes
CountryRomania
LanguageRomanian

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  1. ^ "1st Moscow International Film Festival (1959)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
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