The Great Communist Bank Robbery
MovieTitle | Marele jaf comunist |
User score | 7.3 |
Release date | May 10, 2004 |
Genre | Documentary |
Director | Alexandru Solomon |
Production country | Romania |
Production companies | Libra Film |
Run time | 70 min. |
In 1959, in Romania, six former members of the nomenklatura and the secret police organize a hold up of the National Bank. After their arrest, the state forces them to play themselves in a film which reconstitutes the crime and the investigation. At the end of their trial, filmed live, they are sentenced to death and executed. A month later, the film Reconstitution was released and became a sensation throughout the country.