Nicolaescu 's debut as a director was in 1962 with the short film '' Scoicile nu au vorbit niciodată '' ( '' Shells Have Never Spoken '' ) . His first feature film was the 1967 French-Romanian co-production '' Dacii '' ( '' Les Guerriers '' ) . The film was entered into the 5th Moscow International Film Festival . Nicolaescu continued his film-making career by both directing a large number of movies and starring in many of his own films . His 1971 film '' Mihai Viteazul '' was entered into the 7th Moscow International Film Festival . As an anecdotal detail , in Steven Spielberg 's '' E.T . The Extraterrestrial '' ( original version only ) , the young boy Elliott watches this movie on TV - '' Mihai Viteazul '' in the US version - the scene with the battle of Calugareni . His 1976 film '' The Doom '' was entered into the 10th Moscow International Film Festival
5th Moscow International Film Festival
5th Moscow International Film Festival
Sergiu Nicolaescu