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.
Milo Rau
Director
Marcel Bächtiger
Director
Constantin Cojocaru
Nicolae Ceausescu
Victoria Cociaș
Elena Ceausescu
Alexandru Mihăescu
Lawyer
Dorin Carlan
Himself
Vlad Chiriac
Constantin Drăgănescu
Cezar Grumăzescu
Hans Jurtzik
Milos Kostic
The Class of ‘9271%
My Mom Jayne80%
Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story62%
Seduced and Abandoned62%
Directed by John Ford70%
McQueen74%
Lionel Messi: Destiny78%
Sherman's March67%
In the Realms of the Unreal71%
180° South72%
Finders Keepers65%
A Plastic Ocean75%
Maternal Instinct72%
Tricked: The Documentary61%
Above Majestic73%
Cuadecuc, vampir61%
Maria by Callas73%
The Summers of It - Chapter Two: It Ends71%
Voyeur59%
As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty77%
