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Videograms of a Revolution

A minute-by-minute chronology of the Romanian revolution in December 1989 in Bucharest. This cinematic montage of live footage from the state television company TVR and video taken by numerous amateurs becomes a new media-based form of historiography.

Top Cast

  • Ion Caramitru

    Ion Caramitru

    himself

  • Elena Ceaușescu

    Elena Ceaușescu

    herself (archive footage)

  • Nicolae Ceaușescu

    Nicolae Ceaușescu

    himself (archive footage)

  • Mircea Dinescu

    Mircea Dinescu

    himself

  • Thomas Schultz

    Thomas Schultz

    Narrator (voice)

  • Alexa Visarion

    Alexa Visarion

    himself

  • Mircea Diaconu

    Mircea Diaconu

    himself (archive footage)

Overview

A minute-by-minute chronology of the Romanian revolution in December 1989 in Bucharest. This cinematic montage of live footage from the state television company TVR and video taken by numerous amateurs becomes a new media-based form of historiography.

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