Film

The Last Days of the Ceaușescus

2010 · 1h 12m · Documentary

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.

Constantin Cojocaru

Nicolae Ceausescu

Victoria Cociaș

Elena Ceausescu

Alexandru Mihăescu

Lawyer

Dorin Carlan

Himself

Vlad Chiriac

Constantin Drăgănescu

Cezar Grumăzescu

Hans Jurtzik

Milos Kostic

Ionuț Moldoveanu

Eugen Cristian Motriuc

Mircea Rusu

Kristian Nekrasov

Thomas Weppel

Elena Ceaușescu

Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Nicolae Ceaușescu

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

• Milo RauDirector
• Marcel BächtigerEditor · Director
• Mika LanzDirector of Photography

Release date

October 7, 2010

Status

Released

Original language

German

Runtime

1h 12m

Genres

Documentary