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Chuck Norris vs Communism

"Video killed the Red Star"

71
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2019 · 1h 20m
History, Documentary
Starring Irina Margareta Nistor · Adrian Sitaru · Tudor Caranfil
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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.

Digital
Aug 22, 2019
Budget
$850K
Director
Ilinca Calugareanu
Producers
Aurelian Nica, Hanka Kastelicová, Mara Adina
Music
Anne Nikitin
Studio
Impact Partners, Vernon Films, Passion Pictures, RatPac Documentary Films, 4 Proof Film, Openvizor, WDR, ARTE, Kloos & Co., HBO Europe
Original Title
Chuck Norris vs Comunism
Original Language
RO
Keywords
pop culture cinema on cinema anti-communism bootlegging vhs docudrama home video bucharest, romania translator communism woman director video piracy 1980s film censorship clandestine life crowdfunded film
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Cast

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I
Irina Margareta Nistor
Self
A
Adrian Sitaru
Self
T
Tudor Caranfil
Self
C
Constantin Fugașin
Self
I
Ioan Gyuri Pascu
Self
S
Stefan Tiron
Self
D
Doru Ana
Self
M
Marius Chivu
Self
C
Cosmin Manolache
Self
A
Ana Maria Moldovan
Irina
D
Dan Chiorean
Zamfir
E
Elena Ivanca
Mrs. Cristea
C
Catalin Herlo
Sterie
A
Attila Veres
Mihai
P
Paul Socol
Barbu
N
Nicu Mihoc
Border Officer Grozavescu
L
Liviu Bora
Secret Police Officer
L
Levente Molnár
Secret Police Officer
D
Doru Taloș
Policeman
N
Nicolae Ceaușescu
Self - Politician (archive footage)

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