Ceausescu: Behind the Myth

Ceausescu: Behind the Myth

60 mins | Documentary | May 14, 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.

Ceausescu: Behind the Myth

60 mins | Documentary | May 14, 1991

Ceausescu: Behind the Myth
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.
Producers BBC, Public Broadcasting Service, La Cinq
Original title Ceausescu: Behind the Myth
Directors Edward Behr
Writers Edward Behr

Cast

Emil Bobu

as Self

George H.W. Bush

as Self (archive footage)

Jimmy Carter

as Self (archive footage)

Elena Ceaușescu

as Self (archive footage)

Nicolae Ceaușescu

as Self (archive footage)

Nicu Ceausescu

as Self (archive footage)

Valentin Ceausescu

as Self (archive footage)

Zoia Ceausescu

as Self

Sergiu Celac

as Self

Florin Fugaru

as Self

Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej

as Self (archive footage)

Mikhail Gorbachev

as Self (archive footage)

Vasile Ilie

as Self

William Luers

as Self

Iulian Mincu

as Self

Richard Nixon

as Self (archive footage)

Anca Petrescu

as Self

Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom

as Self (archive footage)

Ion Tecu

as Self

Liviu Turcu

as Self

Edward Behr

as Presenter