Ceausescu: Behind the Myth
1991Veteran 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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Gheorghe Apostrol
as Self
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
Alexander Dubček
as Self
Florin Fugaru
as Self
David Funderburk
as Self
Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej
as Self (archive footage)
Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
as Self
Mikhail Gorbachev
as Self (archive footage)
Vasile Ilie
as Self
William Luers
as Self
Ion Gheorghe Maurer
as Self
Iulian Mincu
as Self
Richard Nixon
as Self (archive footage)
Ion Mihai Pacepa
as Self
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