Principal shooting started in February 2011 and lasted for about two months, with additional shooting completed in Bucharest and Târgovişte (where Ceauşescu was put to trial and shot) in November, Gabrea told FNE. Alexandru Macarie was the DOP and Melania Oproiu edited the material.

The film is a Romanian-Hungarian co-production between Tudor Şerban and Orion Film and Laszlo Kantor and Uj Budapest Film Studio (www.ujbudapestfilmstudio.hu). It received a production grant of 28,000 Euro from the National Centre for Cinema (www.cncinema.abt.ro), and was also supported by Romanian Public Televison (www.tvr.ro). The budget is 46,500 Euro.

The script was written by Grigore Cartianu, editor-in-chief of Adevărul Daily (www.adevarul.ro) and the author of the book The End of the Ceauşescus/Sfârşitul Ceauşeştilor. The film consist of a fictional part, where the characters of Nicolae and Elena Ceauşescu are played by Constantin Cojocaru and Victoria Cociaş, and interviews with some 30 real people.

Production Information

Orion Film

15, Ion Heliade Rădulescu street

sector 2, Bucharest, Romania

Phone: +40.21.250.70.05

Fax: +40.21.250.70.06

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Új Budapest Filmstúdió

1092 Budapest

Erkel str. 15, Hungary

Phone/Fax: (+36 1) 316-0943, (+36 1) 336-1009

www.ujbudapestfilmstudio.hu

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Credits

Director: Radu Gabrea

Script: Grigore Cartianu

DOP: Alexandru Macarie

Editor: Melania Oproiu

Cast: Constantin Cojocaru

Victoria Cociaş

Mircea Rusu

Alexandru Bindea