Băieți buni is a 2005 Romanian 8-episode police drama television miniseries which centers on the efforts of two police inspectors (played by Dragoș Bucur and Cabral Ibaka) to bring down a far-reaching criminal network.
Tagline: Legea coboară în stradă (Bringing the law to the street) Aired: 24 April 2005 Edited by: Dan Moga Written by: Ovidiu Niculescu, Sorin Tofan, Marius Șerbu, Cătălin Rotaru, Minerva Teodorescu, Dan Mușețoiu, Bogdan Mihilescu Directed by: Bogdan Bărbulescu Aired: 1 May 2005 Edited by: Tudor Bota Written by: Ovidiu Niculescu, Sorin Tofan, Marius Șerbu, Cătălin Rotaru, Minerva Teodorescu, Dan Mușețoiu, Bogdan Mihilescu Directed by: Bogdan Dumitrescu Aired: 8 May 2005 Edited by: Tiberiu Teodorescu Written by: Ovidiu Niculescu, Sorin Tofan, Minerva Teodorescu, Marius Șerbu Directed by: Theodor Halacu Nicon Aired: 15 May 2005 Edited by: Tiberiu Teodorescu Written by: Ovidiu Niculescu, Sorin Tofan, Minerva Teodorescu, Marius Șerbu Directed by: Theodor Halacu Nicon Aired: 22 May 2005 Edited by: Lulu Supuran Written by: Ovidiu Niculescu, Sorin Tofan, Minerva Teodorescu, Marius Șerbu Directed by: Laurențiu Rusescu Aired: 29 May 2005 Edited by: Tiberiu Teodorescu Written by: Ovidiu Niculescu, Sorin Tofan, Minerva Teodorescu, Marius Șerbu Directed by: Theodor Halacu Nicon Aired: 5 June 2005 Edited by: Tiberiu Teodorescu Written by: Ovidiu Niculescu, Sorin Tofan, Minerva Teodorescu, Marius Șerbu Directed by: Theodor Halacu Nicon Aired: 12 June 2005 Edited by: Raluca Saita Written by: Ovidiu Niculescu, Sorin Tofan, Minerva Teodorescu, Marius Șerbu Directed by: Bogdan Bărbulescu The title Băieți buni (literally Good Guys) clearly refers to the two police officers.
In Romania, people rushed to translate the title to Goodfellas, which, technically, is a correct translation.
However, due to the connotation of 'mobsters' brought to this term by the 1990 Martin Scorsese picture, the Goodfellas translation is clearly a mistake.