Chuck Norris vs Communism (2015)
24/06/2015 (GB)
Documentary, History
1h 20m
- 71% (58 votes)
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Video killed the Red Star
Overview
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.
- Ilinca CalugareanuDirector, Writer
Original Title
Chuck Norris vs Comunism
Status
Released
Original Language
Romanian
Budget
$850,000
Keywords
- cinema on cinema
- pop culture
- anti-communism
- bootlegging
- vhs
- docudrama
- home video
- bucharest, romania
- translator
- communism
- woman director
- video piracy
- 1980s
- film censorship
- clandestine life
- crowdfunded film
Top Billed Cast
Irina Margareta Nistor
Self
Teodor Zamfir
Self
Mircea Cojocaru
Self
Vlad Craioveanu
Self
Mihai Dobrovolschi
Self
Adrian Sitaru
Self
Paul Stefanescu
Self
Alexandru Eremia
Self
Dan Alexandru
Self
Mihnea Mihalache-Fiastru
Self
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