The Last Days of the Ceaușescus
October 7, 2010
1h 12m
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.
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Cast
Constantin Cojocaru
Nicolae Ceausescu
Victoria Cociaș
Elena Ceausescu
Alexandru Mihăescu
LawyerDorin Carlan
Himself
Vlad Chiriac
Constantin Drăgănescu
Cezar Grumăzescu
Hans Jurtzik
Milos Kostic
Ionuț Moldoveanu
Eugen Cristian Motriuc
Mircea Rusu
Kristian Nekrasov
Thomas Weppel
Elena Ceaușescu
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