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
France
United Kingdom
United States of America
Production Companies
BBC
La Cinq
Cast
George H. W. Bush
as Self (archive footage)
Jimmy Carter
as Self (archive footage)
Elena Ceaușescu
as Self (archive footage)
Nicolae Ceaușescu
as Self (archive footage)
Alexander Dubček
as Self
Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej
as Self (archive footage)
Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
as Self
Mikhail Gorbachev
as Self (archive footage)
Richard Nixon
as Self (archive footage)
Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
as Self (archive footage)