The autobiography of nicolae ceausescu andrei ujica

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• Sat 13 10 2018 •
The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceaușescu Andrei Ujica

17:00

187', in Romanian with English subtitles
Venue: Filmforum im Museum Ludwig, Bischofsgartenstraße 1, 50667 Cologne
6€

In cooperation with Internationale Filmschule Köln

On 25 December 1989, Romanian president Nicolae Ceaușescu was sentenced to death by a military court and shot. In a masterly assemblage using only archival, government-authorized film material, director ANDREI UJICA traces Ceaușescu’s life in this three-hour documentary. The thoroughly “official” footage in the film comes from the Romanian national archive; however, this “autobiography” is in no way a glorifying monument to the former president. With apparent spontaneity, these images come together in a parable on power, authority and the downfall of the communist utopia.

But where does doubt begin to creep in? Where does the heroic self-representation reveal itself as contrary to its original intent? In whic

the autobiography of nicolae ceausescu andrei ujica

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The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceaușescu

2010 Romanian film

The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceaușescu (Romanian: Autobiografia lui Nicolae Ceaușescu) is a 2010 Romaniandocumentary film directed by Andrei Ujică.^[2]^[3]

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The three-hour-long documentary covers 25 years in the life of Nicolae Ceaușescu and was made using 1,000 hours of original footage from the National Archives of Romania.^[4]

Awards

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The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceaușescu was awarded the Great Prize of the documentary section of the Bergen International Film Festival.
In 2010, The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceaușescu won the Best East European Documentary Award at the 14th edition of the International Documentary Film Festival in Jihlava, the Czech Republic.^[5]

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