The Oil, the Baby and the Transylvanians (1981)

Original title

Pruncul, petrolul şi ardelenii

Directed by

Dan Pița

Genre

comedy film

Country

Romania

Runtime

1h 48m

Rating

7.8 of 10 from 9 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Settlers from Romania and Hungary try to make a life on the American frontier. The movie follows their funny struggles and clashes in a Wild West setting that was actually filmed in Romania.

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What happens

The Oil, the Baby and the Transylvanians (Romanian: Pruncul, petrolul și ardelenii, ) is a 1981 Romanian Red Western directed by Dan Pița. It dramatises the struggles of Romanian and Hungarian settlers in a new land, the American frontier. Despite the American setting, including such minor details as use of the phrase "Bad-lands", it was shot entirely in Romania. A group of American Fulbright Scholars served as uncredited script consultants to make the English-language portion of the script sound more authentic. It is a sequel to The Prophet, the Gold and the Transylvanians and The Actress, the Dollars and the Transylvanians, which are the first two parts of the trilogy. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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