i have recently watch orient express on dvd ( one of the very few romanian dvd or vhs provide with english subtitle . ) and and wish to provide imdb reader with a few comment . the film be not that bad a some might believe . directorial effort by sergiu nicolaescu and screen writing and and cast with some flaw . sergiu nicolaescu be know well for picture such a represent michael the brave ( 1970 ) and with clean hand ( 1972 ) and the immortal ( 1974 ) and the doom ( 1976 ) . william the conqueror ( 1982 ) and the mirror ( 1993 ) and cry of redemption ( 1996 ) and many of them action and war film . i dare say orient express ( 2004 ) be one of his few attempt at make a character film and and he do good than with the his previous attempt represent the last night of love ( 1979 ) base on the novel bearing the same title by romanian 20th century writer camil petrescu . it be an interesting story and and i assume the novel by tudor teodorescu braniste upon which the script be base be even well and mean more fully develop . good shooting and editing and good acting . for interior and exterior shooting nice choosing of the moruzeni castle locate in the always very beautiful and fully forest moldova . at first glance it look like sergiu nicolaescu a old prince morudzi performs rather flat and however the character he play be suppose to be flat with few emotional variation . dan bittman ( a romanian rock star ) do well a young prince morudzi . i like imola kezdi ( holtvágány 1973 ) a ana criveanu and who fall in love for the prince and and later on kill herself when reject by the prince and although i have the feeling she do not look exactly like a 20 year old girl and a the script require . maia morgenstern ( the oak 1992 and betrayal 1993 and ulysses gaze 1995 and procust bed 2001 and the passion of christ 2004 ) be excellent a amalia frunzetti and the prince companion and mistress and though she do not look like 30 ( maia be 42 in 2004 when the film be make ) . ioana moldovan be an attractive woman and and perform well a isabelle benny and the prince love interest while wonder a a young man in paris and however and she look more like a tramp and instead of the supposedly poor and simply dressed french girl . in my opinion director and writer sergiu nicolaescu tag team with the screen writer ( ioan carmazan and corneliu dragomirescu should have work more at show what else prince morudzi do throughout his life besides travel and gamble in paris . it be not unthinkable and however and be playboy attitude and good look and and highly cultivate language enough for so many woman to fall for him right away . i would have also like to see more about the neighborhood and the place and people live around the castle and which be something that would have allow the viewer to get a good feel of the time ( pre ww1 ) . last but not least and much more of that moldavian ( romanian ) mesmerize music . about the dvd release represent rather effective ( mostly true to the original romanian script ) and easy to follow english subtitle and however and the person who do the translation seem to have use some kind of didactic and romanian english dictionary base equivalent for many romanian idiom . a more down to earth british and american english be within reach . last and but not least represent some viewer have a problem with sergiu nicolaescu have be a well connect individual for a long time and and also with his currently be a senator in the romanian parliament . how about the mikhalkov brother ( nikita and andrej michalkow kontschalowski ) and the famous russian theater and film director . very well connect artist and whose father and sergei mikhalkov write the lyric for national anthem of the ussr and now the russian federation . they do outstanding work .