THE ENIGMS OF HISTORY

Episode 1: THE BRUCKENTHAL MUSEUM ROBBERY
Personalities present in the episode
1. EMIL CONSTANTINESCU, former president of Romania. He brought to Romania four of the stolen paintings that were found in the USA. It happened in 1998.
2. ALEXANDRU CHITUȚĂ, manager of the Bruckenthal Museum - created an exhibition based on the story of the stolen paintings.
Episode 2: The Maglavit Miracle
Personalities present in the episode
1. VASILE BĂNESCU - spokesperson of the Romanian Orthodox Church - for the first time the Romanian Orthodox Church is speaking officially about the Maglavit phenomenon.
2. GEORGE (GIGI) BECALI - a character with great notoriety in Romania (he presents himself as a very religious person). He is very wealthy, he is the sponsor of one of the most important football teams and he financed the construction of the Maglavit Monastery.
Episode 3: The death of Mihai Eminescu
Personalities present in the episode:
1. CRISTIAN TUDOR POPESCU - one of the best-known Romanian journalists and writers. In the documentary, he talks about Eminescu, the journalist.
2. COSMIN CIOTLOȘ, lecturer at the Faculty of Letters of the University of Bucharest, literary critic.
Episode 4: THE MYSTERY OF THE OSTARA YACHT
Personalities present in the episode:
1. STELIAN TĂNASE, well-known writer and producer of TV shows.
2. CORINA APOSTOLEANU - former director of the Constanța County Library - wrote a book about the tragedy.
DETAILS
Director: Marin Dinescu,
Producers: John Florescu (executive producer), Viorel Chesaru (main producer), Dan Drăghicescu (associate producer)
Editors: Silvia Matei & Ruxandra Mihai
Country: Romania
YEAR:
2023
TIME:
1h 20m
SECTION:
HISTORY AND CINEMA
SCREENING:
FRIDAY 27.09 / 19:30 / GRĂDINA CU FILME