Country
United States
Date
Jan 23, 2015
Note
Sundance Film Festival
Video killed the Red Star
1h 20min
Overall average
5.0/10
Trailer
Videos
Plot
In late eighties, in Ceausescu's Romania, a black market VHS bootlegger and a courageous female translator brought the magic of Western films to the Romanian people and sowed the seeds of a revolution.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Alexandru Eremia | Self |
| Dan Alexandru | Self |
| Mihnea Mihalache-Fiastru | Self |
| Mariana Comanaru | Self |
| Voichita Toader | Self |
| Tudor Caranfil | Self |
| Marius Lazar | Self |
| Constantin Fugașin | Self |
| Ioan Gyuri Pascu | Self |
| Silviu Prigoana | Self |
| Emilian Urse | Self |
| Stefan Tiron | Self |
| Claudiu-Marian Stefanescu | Self |
| Lavinia Stefan | Self |
| Simion Barbu | Self |
| Bogdan Tudor | Self |
| Maria-Ramona Vitan | Self |
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Genres
DocumentaryHistory
Technical details
| Dettaglio | Valore |
|---|---|
| Titolo originale | Chuck Norris vs Comunism |
| Lingua originale | Română (RO) |
| Lingue parlate | English, Română |
| Paesi di produzione | Germany, Romania, United Kingdom, United States of America, Czech Republic |
| Stato | Released |
| Compagnie di produzione | Impact Partners, Vernon Films, Passion Pictures, RatPac Documentary Films, 4 Proof Film, Openvizor, WDR, ARTE, Kloos & Co., HBO Europe |
| Sito ufficiale | riseandshine-berlin.de |
| Data di uscita | 12 novembre 2015 |
| Exec. Producer | Hanka Kastelicová, Carmen Harabagiu, John Battsek, Dan Cogan, James Packer, Jenny Raskin, Andrew Ruhemann, Nicole Stott |
| Producer | Aurelian Nica, Mara Adina, Brett Ratner, Stefan Kloos, Monica Lăzurean-Gorgan, Abbas Nokhasteh, Maria Tzika |
| Writer | Ilinca Calugareanu |
| Editors | Per K. Kirkegaard, Peter Lynch, Ilinca Calugareanu |
| Cinematography | Jose Ruiz, Attila Pfeffer, Vlassis Skoulis, Cătălin Stoica, Kevin Williams, Zoltán Balla |
| Asst. Directors | Dana-Nicoletta Both, Adriana Racasan, Ilinca Calugareanu, Hanna Demes |
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Release dates
Premiere
Country
Canada
Date
Apr 25, 2015
Note
Hot Docs International Documentary Festival
Country
United Kingdom
Date
Jun 24, 2015
Note
Edinburgh International Film Festival
Country
Switzerland
Date
Jul 10, 2015
Certification
0
Note
Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival
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Country
Greece
Date
Sep 27, 2015
Note
Athens Film Festival
Country
Poland
Date
Oct 13, 2015
Note
Warsaw Film Festival
Country
Sweden
Date
Nov 16, 2015
Note
Stockholm International Film Festival
Country
Slovenia
Date
Mar 16, 2016
Note
Festival of Documentary Film
Country
Ukraine
Date
Sep 29, 2019
Note
Kharkiv MeetDocs Eastern Ukrainian Film Festival
Theatrical release
Country
Germany
Date
Nov 12, 2015
Digital
Country
United States
Date
Aug 22, 2019
Note
Amazon Prime Video
Country
United Kingdom
Date
Oct 28, 2020
TV
Country
United States
Date
Jan 04, 2016
Note
PBS
Country
Finland
Date
Mar 22, 2018
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