Known for Sound
Gheorghe Zamfir, known professionally as Zamfir, is a Romanian pan flute musician .
Born
April 6, 1941 (age 85)
Birthplace
Găești, Bâmbovița, Romania
Filmography
18 films, 16 shows


Made in Tärnaby
1990 · 48m
country: Sweden
Follows Astrid & Sune as they show techniques and methods of sami handcraft.


Margarit and Margarita
1989 · 1h 32m
country: Bulgaria
Teenagers Margarit and Margarita are in love. When Margarit defends Margarita from a joke at school, he gets expelled, and she joins him. Initially, things seem promising as Margarita has a chance to study folk dance with Julian, a gay instructor, and possibly join his company. Both Margarit and Julian are jealous, though it’s unclear of whom. Julian frames Margarita, and Margarit takes the blame. Margarita then attracts the attention of Nerizanov, a lustful and bisexual party boss, leading to further complications.


The Karate Kid Part III
1989 · 1h 52m
country: United States
Despondent over the closing of his karate school, Cobra Kai teacher John Kreese joins a ruthless businessman and martial artist to get revenge on Daniel and Mr. Miyagi.


Mircea Eliade and the Rediscovery of the Sacred
1987 · 1h
country: France
Mircea Eliade was a traditionalist Romanian novelist and philosopher. Following the disaster of the Second World War, he moved to Paris and Chicago, becoming a respected and influential historian of religions. He acquired something of the status of a guru, as poignantly told in the 1987 documentary Mircea Eliade et la redécouverte du sacré. The film features interviews with Eliade at the end of his life, artfully spliced with cuts to religious imagery on a background of moving spiritual music. It was released in 1987, the year after his death.


Paradise
1984 · 15m
country: Canada
A magnificent bird performs for the Emperor inside a glittering palace. Its plumage is a blaze of colour. A blackbird, watching enviously, strives to acquire what he so desperately covets, only to discover that a golden cage can't compete with the open skies.


Return to First Love
1981 · 1h 42m
country: Romania
Young diplomat Petre returns to Romania after a long time spent abroad.


Ion: The Lust for the Land, the Lust for Love
1980 · 3h 25m
country: Romania
Jon, a young peasant love more "the land" than his engaged girlhood, Florica.Just when Ion thinks he has become master of his own land, he realizes that he has betrayed his heart, and that he is still in love with Florica, not with his wife. It is the curse of love that will be Ion's undoing. Badly mistreated, Ana, his wife, is driven to despair and she hangs herself. Ion, now free and wealthy, believes that the time has come for him to have Florica. Florica's husband, George waylays Ion and savagely murders him with a hoe.


The Memorable Pilgrimage of Emperor Kanga Mussa From Mali to Mecca
1977
country: Egypt
They are traveling on a rickety wagon, a crier and a storyteller with their wonder box. The view is sold into the peep-box stage, and the peep-box looks back: into the laughing faces of the young audience, who follow the story of Emperor Kanga Mussa on his golden pilgrimage with wide eyes. Accompanied by Gheorghe Zamfir's enchanting music and Attila Hörbiger's concise voice, a mixture of fairy tales and travel pictures unfolds, taking the audience to foreign and mystical places such as Timbuktu or Djenné, where the large mosque by architect Hagmüller is prominently featured.