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Ceausescu: Behind the Myth

1991

1h 0m

3.00

Documentary

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Veteran journalist and author Edward Behr spent a year investigating the rise and fall of Nicolae Ceausescu. Executed on Christmas Day 1989, Ceausescu was once a hero to his own people, and in the west. Behr's film reveals the truth behind the myth, in a tale of megalomania, farce, and horror.

Cast

George H. W. Bush

Self (archive footage)

Jimmy Carter

Self (archive footage)

Elena Ceaușescu

Self (archive footage)

Nicolae Ceaușescu

Self (archive footage)

Alexander Dubček

Self

Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej

Self (archive footage)

Valéry Giscard d'Estaing

Self

Mikhail Gorbachev

Self (archive footage)

Richard Nixon

Self (archive footage)

Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom

Self (archive footage)

Gheorghe Apostrol

Self

Emil Bobu

Self

Nicu Ceausescu

Self (archive footage)

Valentin Ceausescu

Self (archive footage)

Zoia Ceausescu

Self

Sergiu Celac

Self

Florin Fugaru

Self

David Funderburk

Self

Vasile Ilie

Self

William Luers

Self

Ion Gheorghe Maurer

Self

Iulian Mincu

Self

Ion Mihai Pacepa

Self

Anca Petrescu

Self

Ion Tecu

Self

Liviu Turcu

Self

Edward Behr

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