Marele Jaf Comunist (2004)

Name: Marele Jaf Comunist
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2016-06-27T20:19:13+02:00
Rating: 2.2
Cast: Gheorghe Alexandrescu, Gheorghe Blidaru, Gheorghe Bratescu

Documentary | 75 minutes

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Genre: Documentary

Duration: 75 minuten

Alternative titles: The Great Communist Bank Robbery / Camarades Gangsters, Levez-Vous

Country: Romania / France / Germany / United Kingdom

Directed by: Alexandru Solomon

Stars: Gheorghe Alexandrescu, Gheorghe Blidaru, Gheorghe Bratescu

IMDb score: 7,0 (504)

Releasedate: 10 May 2004

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Marele Jaf Comunist plot

The camera doesn't lie. That adage from the early documentary years was used by the Romanian socialist regime in 1959 to convince viewers of the truthfulness of its 'reconstruction' of a bank robbery. In addition, the lead roles were played by the six perpetrators themselves, portrayed as corrupt gangsters. More than forty years later, director Alexandru Solomon reconstructs the reconstruction through interviews with a former cellmate, the cameraman at the time, neighbors and Securitate agents. Their stories show that in the propaganda film of the time, more was concealed than shown.