The Oil, the Baby and the Transylvanians (1981)

The Oil, the Baby and the Transylvanians (Romanian: Pruncul, petrolul şi ardelenii, 1981) is a 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 entirely shot 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 of The Prophet, the Gold and the Transylvanians and The Artiste, the Dollars and the Transylvanians, which are the first two parts of the trilogy.



^ Pruncul, petrolul și ardelenii at Cinemagia

^ "Agenda LiterNet " Marian Rădulescu: Euforie echilibrată şi gravitate artistică - seria Ardelenilor". Agenda.liternet.ro. Retrieved 2014-04-06.

Synopsis

The Oil, the Baby and the Transylvanians is the third part of a fairly successful Romanian trilogy about three Transylvanian brothers, their families, and their companions in frontier America, on the Great Plains. Set in the 1880s, the drama, comedy, and perhaps appeal of the film comes from the characters' difficulty in adjusting to the American rhythm and lifestyle.

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