The great actor Dorel Vişan (85 years old) recalled in the film “Friends of Ovidu” the memorable episodes he spent with Grigore Vasiliu Birlic, one of the most beloved comedians in Romania.

– You met with the great Grigore Vasiliu Birlich.

– Who played at the races and in the casino. He told me how he lost all his money. When he worked there for master Konstantin Tenase, money was given to artists twice a year. At the beginning and in the middle of the year. It was not a monthly salary. The owner gave him money. Million! “I got on the train and went to Sinaia! I lost them all at roulette. Went back to hell, but didn’t go home. – Master, give me the rest of the money!

– And?

– He broke the owner’s heart and gave him the money. “You go straight home!”. “My wife was waiting for me because she shared the money… But I got on the train and went to Sinai! And I won two million! I came home and gave my wife only one million,” he told me. He had charm and grace! That’s the strength of an artist, to have the grace that God gives you. It’s just that an athlete benefits from grace in his youth, an artist benefits eventually through accumulation.

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