Codine (Codin) 60 years old

An ex-convict struggles to survive by brute force alone in a turn-of-the-century slum in Bucharest. Codine is the thug who served 10 years for murdering a friend. He returns home to his miserly mother, whose penny-pinching ways infuriate her son. A young boy looks up to Codine, and through the man's eyes he sees the economic and social injustices from an adult perspective. When Codine kills another man who violated his trust, his mother becomes more unhinged and paranoid. Thinking her son will steal her hoarded money, she plots to kill her only son. The impressionable child watches in horror and amazement at the cruel machinations of the adult work that surrounds him.

Credits

Nelly Borgeaud as Zoița Zograffi

Maurice Sarfati as Alexis

Françoise Brion as Irène

Mihai Mereuţă as

Germaine Kerjean as Anastasia

Codine Cast

Name	Character
Nelly Borgeaud She was 31, 72 years old when she died	as Zoița Zograffi
Maurice Sarfati He was 31, 82 years old when he died	as Alexis
Françoise Brion She was 30, now 91 years old	as Irène
Mihai Mereuţă He was 38, 78 years old when he died
Germaine Kerjean She was 69, 81 years old when she died	as Anastasia

Codine Crew

Name	Department
Henri Colpi as Director. He was 41 (84) years old when He died	Directing
Henri Colpi as Screenplay. He was 41 (84) years old when He died	Writing

Codine (60 years)

Release day: Wednesday, May 15, 1963
Runtime: 98 minutes