Chuck Norris vs Communism · 2015 ·
“Video killed the Red Star”
Movie Details
Production information
12 fields
Released
2015-11-12
Runtime
80 min
Genre
Documentary, History
Director
Ilinca Calugareanu
Writer
Ilinca Calugareanu
Country
Germany, Romania, United Kingdom, United States of America, Czech Republic
Language
English, Romanian
Original Title
Chuck Norris vs Comunism
Status
Released
Budget
$850,000
Production
Impact Partners, Vernon Films, Passion Pictures, RatPac Documentary Films, 4 Proof Film, Openvizor, WDR, ARTE, Kloos & Co., HBO Europe
Cast
Irina Margareta Nistor, Teodor Zamfir, Mircea Cojocaru, Vlad Craioveanu, Mihai Dobrovolschi, Adrian Sitaru, Paul Stefanescu, Alexandru Eremia, Dan Alexandru, Mihnea Mihalache-Fiastru
Storyline
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.
