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The first film was written and directed by Ben Lewis for the BBC, titled The King of Communism: The Pomp & Pageantry of Nicolae Ceaușescu (2002). The second, Autobiografia lui Nicolae Ceaușescu (2011), was created by Romanian writer/director Andrei Ujica , and an English language version of the film was released simultaneously, titled The ...
Trial of Nicolae and Elena Ceaușescu; Court: Exceptional Military Tribunal, a drumhead court-martial created at the request of a newly formed group called the National Salvation Front: Decided: 25 December 1989: Verdict: Nicolae and Elena Ceaușescu were convicted of all charges and condemned to death: Charge: The main charge was genocide ...
The film is set in Communist Romania in the final years of the Nicolae Ceaușescu era. It tells the story of two students, roommates in a university dormitory, who try to procure an illegal abortion. Inspired by an anecdote from the period and the general social historic context, it depicts the loyalty of the two friends and the struggles they ...
He wrote the first thorough biography on Romanian head of state Nicolae Ceaușescu, which was translated into Romanian. [2] His work is considered a must-read on the history of communism in Romania. [3] In 2009, the process against Ceaușescu, which lead to his execution in 1989, was staged as a play by director Milo Rau. Thomas Kunze was ...
In footage of the trial, Nicolae Ceaușescu is seen answering the ad hoc tribunal judging him and referring to some of its members—among them Army General Victor Atanasie Stănculescu and future Romanian Secret Service head Virgil Măgureanu—as "traitors". In the same video, Ceaușescu dismisses the "tribunal" as illegitimate and demands ...
Uppercase Print (Romanian: Tipografic majuscul) is a 2020 Romanian drama film directed by Radu Jude. [1] [2] It is based on the real story of Mugur Călinescu [], who, in 1981, wrote a series of texts against Nicolae Ceaușescu's dictatorship on the walls with chalk and was denounced by his friends.
The series includes the international acclaimed 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days by Cristian Mungiu (Golden Palm at Cannes in 2007), Police Adjective by Corneliu Porumboiu (2009) and The autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu by Andrei Ujica (2010), along with a full retrospective of the work of filmmaker Cristi Puiu (The death of Mr. Lazarescu), and a ...
The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceaușescu was awarded the Great Prize of the documentary section of the Bergen International Film Festival.; In 2010, The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceaușescu won the Best East European Documentary Award at the 14th edition of the International Documentary Film Festival in Jihlava, the Czech Republic.