Ceausescu: Behind the Myth (1991)

3.0/10 60 min Documentary

Overview

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)

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