Détour Ceausescu - 1990
After the Romanian Revolution reached its peak during the Christmas Holidays of 1989, Romania’s Communist patriarch and his wife Elena were sentenced to death by a military court and accordingly gunned down. Chris Marker’s short video-collage Détour Ceauşescu documents how the execution was depicted by France’s national TV-channel TF1.
8min
1990
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About Détour Ceausescu
Détour Ceausescu Overview
After the Romanian Revolution reached its peak during the Christmas Holidays of 1989, Romania’s Communist patriarch and his wife Elena were sentenced to death by a military court and accordingly gunned down. Chris Marker’s short video-collage Détour Ceauşescu documents how the execution was depicted by France’s national TV-channel TF1.
Runtime: 8min
Extra details
Original Title: Détour Ceausescu
Original Language: French
Directed By: Chris Marker
Production Companies
Les Films du Jeudi