Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej

Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej

Birth : 1901-11-08,

Death : 1965-03-19

History

Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej (8 November 1901 – 19 March 1965) was a Romanian communist politician and electrician. He was the first Communist leader of Romania from 1947 to 1965, serving as first secretary of the Romanian Communist Party (ultimately "Romanian Workers' Party", PMR) from 1944 to 1954 and from 1955 to 1965, and as the first Communist Prime Minister of Romania from 1952 to 1955. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej

Movies

State Funeral
State Funeral
Self (archive footage)
The enigma of the personality cult is revealed in the grand spectacle of Stalin’s funeral. The film is based on unique archive footage, shot in the USSR on March 5 - 9, 1953, when the country mourned and buried Joseph Stalin.
Ceausescu: Behind the Myth
Ceausescu: Behind the Myth
Self (archive footage)
Veteran journalist and author Edward Behr spent a year investigating the rise and fall of Nicolae Ceausescu. Executed on Christmas Day 1989, Ceausescu was once a hero to his own people, and in the west. Behr's film reveals the truth behind the myth, in a tale of megalomania, farce, and horror.