caigi.app
poster

Ceausescu: Behind the Myth

Ceausescu: Behind the Myth

Release: 1991-05-14·Runtime: 60m·★ 3.0
Documentary

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.

Production Countries

FranceUnited KingdomUnited States of America

Production Companies

BBC
La Cinq

Cast

Jimmy CarterJimmy Carteras Self (archive footage)Nicolae CeaușescuNicolae Ceaușescuas Self (archive footage)Gheorghe Gheorghiu-DejGheorghe Gheorghiu-Dejas Self (archive footage)Elena CeaușescuElena Ceaușescuas Self (archive footage)Alexander DubčekAlexander Dubčekas SelfElizabeth II of the United KingdomElizabeth II of the United Kingdomas Self (archive footage)George H. W. BushGeorge H. W. Bushas Self (archive footage)Valéry Giscard d'EstaingValéry Giscard d'Estaingas SelfMikhail GorbachevMikhail Gorbachevas Self (archive footage)Richard NixonRichard Nixonas Self (archive footage)

Crew