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The Last Days of the Ceaușescus (2010)
Directed by Marcel Bächtiger, Milo Rau
Overview
The images of the condemnation and execution of dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu and his wife Elena on Christmas Day in 1989 are etched deeply in the collective unconscious of several generations of television viewers. Exactly 20 years after its occurrence, the famous show trial was re-enacted in a historically reproduced setting. The film interweaves the stage production with interviews conducted with eyewitnesses and archive material, and takes a look backstage in the Odeon Theatre in Bucharest.
Length 72 minutes
Actors
Constantin Cojocaru | Victoria Cociaș | Alexandru Mihăescu | Dorin Carlan | Vlad Chiriac | Constantin Drăgănescu | Cezar Grumăzescu | Hans Jurtzik | Milos Kostic | Ionuț Moldoveanu | Eugen Cristian Motriuc | Mircea Rusu | Kristian Wanzl | Oskar Grzegorzewski | Elena Ceausescu | Nicolae Ceausescu