Tales from the Golden Age
Tales from the Golden Age

Tales from the Golden Age

The final 15 years of the Ceausescu regime were the worst in Romania's history. Nonetheless, the propaganda machine of that time referred without fail to that period as “the golden age”...

6.9(75 votes)
2009
2h 35m
Comedy
History

Composed of six unconventional vignettes, each one dealing with the late communist period in Romania, a narrative is told through its urban myths from the perspective of ordinary people. The title refers to the alluded "Golden Age" of the last 15 years of Ceauşescu's regime.

Production

Why Not Productions, Mobra Films, Wild Bunch

Cast

Tania Popa

Tania Popa

Camelia

Diana Cavallioti

Diana Cavallioti

Crina (segment "The Legend of the Air Sellers")

Radu Iacoban

Radu Iacoban

Bughi (segment "The Legend of the Air Sellers")

Vlad Ivanov

Vlad Ivanov

Grigore (segment "The Legend of the Chicken Driver")

Liliana Mocanu

Liliana Mocanu

Marusia (segment "The Legend of the Chicken Driver")

Alexandru Potocean

Alexandru Potocean

The Secretary (segment "The Legend of the Official Visit")

Teodor Corban

Teodor Corban

The Mayor (segment "The Legend of the Official Visit")

Emanuel Pârvu

Emanuel Pârvu

The Party Inspector (segment "The Legend of the Official Visit")

Călin Chirilă

Călin Chirilă

The Party Activist (segment "The Legend of the Party Activist")

Romeo Tudor

Romeo Tudor

The Shepherd (segment "The Legend of the Party Activist")

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