On May 17, 1946, the dictator Ion Antonescu is sentenced to death by a people’s court. Cameraman Ovidiu Gologan films the death by firing squad of Antonescu and his cronies in haunting blackand-white. In 1994, filmmaker Sergiu Nicolaescu reconstructs the scenes for his fiction feature THE MIRROR. Radu Jude’s short film sets up a confrontation between the two perspectives of the execution.
CELE DOUĂ EXECUȚII ALE MAREȘALULUI / CELE DOUĂ EXECUȚII ALE MAREȘALULUI
ROU 2018 / 10 min
Language: Romanian
Director: Radu Jude
Screenplay: Radu Jude
Cinematographer: Ovidiu Gologan, Marius Panduru
Editor: Cătălin Cristuțiu
Sound: Dana Bunescu
Producer: Ada Solomon
Production Company: Hi Film Productions
On May 17, 1946, the dictator Ion Antonescu is sentenced to death by a people’s court. Cameraman Ovidiu Gologan films the death by firing squad of Antonescu and his cronies in haunting blackand-white. In 1994, filmmaker Sergiu Nicolaescu reconstructs the scenes for his fiction feature THE MIRROR. Radu Jude’s short film sets up a confrontation between the two perspectives of the execution.
