THE COMITETUL CINEMATOGRAFIC

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R010400060008-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 27, 2008
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: February 27, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

The. Comitetul Cinematograf Jr,
COU tTPY hwania
SUBJECT
PLACE
ACQUIRED'
DATE OF
INFO.
OF THE UNITEO STATES. WITHIN THE EEANINP - I' 1 TLn *0. SEC IONS i-a
AND 744. OP THE U. S. COOtt. AS ANBNDED. 1rS TRANSMISSION OR BETEL'
ATIOIT OP ITS CONTEHTA TO OS RECEIPT St' AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON
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The Cr,`,.tetul Cinematografic was the Rumanian tovernmo:7t eoterpr,s,, for
the iroduc tion and distribution of motion pictures thro-t bout, the ca.,;ntry.
The k'lorniteilul was under the direct supervision. of the M- Usterial Cow cii
wh3;h governs the budget of the motion picture industry :nd makes the
chl,ice of themes for all productions: In general the er,\,t.re industry ids
demoted to the effort in -which the civilization ~:~ the West wao
p,_ctrayed as barbarian.
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3. The vice president of the Comitetu] Cinematografic.~ was Pavel Constar,:inescut
Another ,fficial of the Comitetul was Vasile Tlordeianu,, a Jew
of the F umanian Communist Party.
DATE DISTR.
27 VEB 1952
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SUPPLEMENT TO
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THIS IS UNEVAUL(NTED INFORMATION
CONF.IDE1 TIAL
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CLASSIFICATION
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the pres-%dent of the Comitetul Cinematografici, was Nicola ( L3o lu
The thief of the accounting department at the Comitetul wa.n Arnold Geint;berg?
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the Comitet:ta::. was s-{eadi.ly losing money:, The balance on 30 June
i..950 indicated a Toss of 3 ,OOG.,.000 lei for the year, In July
'~950,
the loss for the month was 6 y600 ,000 lei and in December 195'. the -1-CISS
was 4v5()O,yr000 lei? The difference in monthly sums was at.tribut d to
-the fact that the Comiteytul iritr3duced some Czech and German motion
pictures which proved to be more popular with the Rumanian public
The cost of, the films was considered secret and thus no figures could
be --bta nec for comparison betrseert the cost of the productions and the
total sums received from new m"Rion pictures,,
In tuftea, Rumania, which s I