
“Video killed the Red Star”
In late eighties, in Ceausescu's Romania, a black market VHS bootlegger and a courageous female translator brought the magic of Western films to the Romanian people and sowed the seeds of a revolution.
Release Date: 11/12/2015
Runtime: 80 minutes
Languages: English, Romanian
Director: Ilinca Calugareanu
Budget: $0.8M
0Companies: Impact Partners, Vernon Films, Passion Pictures, RatPac Documentary Films, 4 Proof Film, Openvizor, WDR, ARTE, Kloos & Co., HBO Europe
Countries: Germany, Romania, United Kingdom, United States of America, Czech Republic
Paul Stefanescu
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Irina Margareta Nistor
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Teodor Zamfir
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Mircea Cojocaru
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Vlad Craioveanu
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Mihai Dobrovolschi
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Adrian Sitaru
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Paul Stefanescu
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Alexandru Eremia
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Dan Alexandru
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Mihnea Mihalache-Fiastru
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Mariana Comanaru
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Voichita Toader
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