Ceausescu: Behind the Myth (1991)
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.
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George H. W. Bush
as Self (archive footage)
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Jimmy Carter
as Self (archive footage)
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Elena Ceaușescu
as Self (archive footage)
Elena Ceaușescu (born Lenuța Petrescu; 7 January 1916 [O.S. 25 December 1915] – 25 December 1989) was a Romanian communist politician, the wife of Nicolae Ceaușescu, General Secretary of the Romanian...
Nicolae Ceaușescu
as Self (archive footage)
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Alexander Dubček
as Self
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Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej
as Self (archive footage)
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Director
Edward Behr
