The Last Days of the Ceaușescus (2010)
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.
Directors: Milo Rau, Marcel Bächtiger.
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Constantin Cojocaru as Nicolae Ceausescu |
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Victoria Cociaș as Elena Ceausescu |
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Alexandru Mihăescu as Lawyer |
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Dorin Carlan as Himself |
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Vlad Chiriac as |
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Constantin Drăgănescu as |
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Cezar Grumăzescu as |
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Hans Jurtzik as |
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Milos Kostic as |
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Ionuț Moldoveanu as |
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Eugen Cristian Motriuc as |
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Mircea Rusu as |
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Kristian Nekrasov as |
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Thomas Weppel as |
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Elena Ceaușescu as Herself (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Nicolae Ceaușescu as Himself (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Directing | Milo Rau | Director |
| Camera | Mika Lanz | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Marcel Bächtiger | Editor |
| Directing | Marcel Bächtiger | Director |