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The Great Communist Bank Robbery

The Great Communist Bank Robbery

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Status

Released

Release Date

May 10, 2004

Runtime

1h 10m

Genres

Documentary

User Score

73%

Original Title

Marele jaf comunist

Production Companies

Libra Film

Director

Alexandru Solomon

Description

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.