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.
Edward Behr
Director, Writer
Gheorghe Apostrol
Self
Emil Bobu
Self

George H. W. Bush
Self (archive footage)

Jimmy Carter
Self (archive footage)

Elena Ceaușescu
Self (archive footage)

Nicolae Ceaușescu
Self (archive footage)
Nicu Ceausescu
Self (archive footage)
Valentin Ceausescu
Self (archive footage)
Zoia Ceausescu
Self
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Black Sheep72%
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Sherman's March67%
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Extremis69%