The images of the condemnation and execution of dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu and his wife Elena on Christmas Day in 1989 are etched deeply in the collective unconscious of several generations of television viewers. Exactly 20 years after its occurrence, the famous show trial was re-enacted in a historically reproduced setting. The film interweaves the stage production with interviews conducted with eyewitnesses and archive material, and takes a look backstage in the Odeon Theatre in Bucharest.
Cast
Constantin Cojocaru
Nicolae Ceausescu
Victoria Cociaș
Elena Ceausescu
Alexandru Mihăescu
Lawyer
Dorin Carlan
Himself
Vlad Chiriac
Unknown
Constantin Drăgănescu
Unknown
Cezar Grumăzescu
Unknown
Hans Jurtzik
Unknown
Milos Kostic
Unknown
Ionuț Moldoveanu
Unknown
Eugen Cristian Motriuc
Unknown
Mircea Rusu
Unknown
Kristian Nekrasov
Unknown
Thomas Weppel
Unknown
Elena Ceaușescu
Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Nicolae Ceaușescu
Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
