Ceausescu: Behind the Myth

Name: Ceausescu: Behind the Myth
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1991-05-14
Duration: 60 min

1h 0m·Documentary

Directed by Edward Behr1991

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.

DirectorEdward BehrStudioBBC

Overview Discussion

Actor	Role
GGheorghe ApostrolSelf	Self
EEmil BobuSelf	Self
George H. W. BushSelf (archive footage)	Self (archive footage)
Jimmy CarterSelf (archive footage)	Self (archive footage)
Elena CeaușescuSelf (archive footage)	Self (archive footage)
Nicolae CeaușescuSelf (archive footage)	Self (archive footage)
NNicu CeausescuSelf (archive footage)	Self (archive footage)
VValentin CeausescuSelf (archive footage)	Self (archive footage)
ZZoia CeausescuSelf	Self
SSergiu CelacSelf	Self
Alexander DubčekSelf	Self
FFlorin FugaruSelf	Self
DDavid FunderburkSelf	Self
Gheorghe Gheorghiu-DejSelf (archive footage)	Self (archive footage)
Valéry Giscard d'EstaingSelf	Self
Mikhail GorbachevSelf (archive footage)	Self (archive footage)
VVasile IlieSelf	Self
WWilliam LuersSelf	Self
IIon Gheorghe MaurerSelf	Self
IIulian MincuSelf	Self
Richard NixonSelf (archive footage)	Self (archive footage)
IIon Mihai PacepaSelf	Self
AAnca PetrescuSelf	Self
Elizabeth II of the United KingdomSelf (archive footage)	Self (archive footage)
IIon TecuSelf	Self
LLiviu TurcuSelf	Self
EEdward BehrPresenter	Presenter