The Great Communist Robbery / Marele jaf comunist
( Released, Documentaries, 2005 )
Details:
Length: 75 min
Produced by Libra Film in co-production with Les Films D’Ici, ZDF/ARTE, BBC, France 2
With the participation of Romanian National Film Center (CNC), French National Film Center
Supported by Eurimages, Jan Vrijman Fund, Discovery Campus Masterschool
Synopsis:
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. Today, Alexandru Solomon retraces this incredible story.
Crew:
Director: Alexandru Solomon
Scriptwriter: Alexandru Solomon
Producer: Serge Lalou, Virginie Vallat, Tudor Giurgiu
DOP: Constantin Chelba
Editing: Sophie Reiter
Sound design: Dana Bunescu, Viorel Dobre
Awards & Festivals:
November 2004: Historical Documentary Prize Award, Festival du Film d’Histoire, Pessac, France
May 2005: Grand Prix, Mediawave Gyor, Hungary
May 2005: Prize for Social Values, Documenta Madrid
April 2005: Best Director, Hungarian-Romanian Dok Festival, Sf. Gheorghe, Romania
Selected at:
2004 Joris Ivens Competition at IDFA (Amsterdam, festival de class A)
2004 Transilvania International Film Festival, Cluj-Napoca Romania Ecrans Documentaires (France)
2005 Alpe Adria / Trieste International Film Festival, Italy
2005 Minneapolis/St. Paul Art Film Festival, SUA
2005 Jerusalem (festival de class A)
2005 Sarajevo International Film Festival
2005 Ljubljana International Documentary Film Festival
2005 Hong Kong Jewish Film Festival
2005 FIPA (Festival International de Programmes Audiovisuels) - Biarritz, France
2005 Leipzig, Valladolid, Ridm, Traces de vies
2005 Internationales Filmfestivales Mannheim - Heidelberg
2005 Festival of European Co-productions - Bulgary
2005 Romanian Film Week at Paris (France)
2005 European Film Festival, Bucharest (Romania)
2005 Romanian Film Week at Berlin (Germany)
2005 Aarhus Film Festival, Denmark
2005 Mar del Plata International Film Festival, Argentina
2005 DokMa International Film Festival, Slovenia
2005 International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival, Hungary
2005 Courmayeur Noir in Festival, Italy
2005 Belgrad Regional Doc Film Festival, Serbia and Montenegro
