The Last Days of the Ceaușescus

Release Date: 2010-10-07

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.

Rating: 0 / 10

Cast

Constantin Cojocaru

as Nicolae Ceausescu

Victoria Cociaș

as Elena Ceausescu

Alexandru Mihăescu

as Lawyer

Dorin Carlan

as Himself

Vlad Chiriac

as