Chuck Norris vs Communism
“Video killed the Red Star”
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.
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Ilinca Calugareanu Director · Anne Nikitin Composer Rob Manning Composer
Director Writer
Ilinca Calugareanu
Composer
Anne Nikitin
Composer
Rob Manning
Cinematographer
Jose Ruiz
Editor
Per K. Kirkegaard
Production designer
Daniela Călugăreanu
Production designer
Horatiu Mihaiu
Production designer
Camelia Boerescu Tutlan
Costume designer
Alina Morar
Costume designer
Catalin Valean
Budget $850K · United States release August 22, 2019 · Produced in Germany, Romania, United Kingdom, United States, Czechia
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Budget
$850,000
Production
Impact Partners
Production
Vernon Films
Production
Passion Pictures
Production
RatPac Documentary Films
Production
4 Proof Film
Production
Openvizor
Production
WDR
Production
ARTE
Production
Kloos & Co.
Production
HBO Europe
Production
Germany · Romania · United Kingdom · United States · Czechia
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Original title
Chuck Norris vs Comunism
Original language
Romanian
Spoken on screen
English · Romanian
Release dates
United States · January 23, 2015
Premiere · Sundance Film Festival
Germany · November 12, 2015
Theatrical
United States · August 22, 2019
Digital · Amazon Prime Video
United States
January 4, 2016 · TV · PBS
Canada
April 25, 2015 · Premiere · Hot Docs International Documentary Festival
Finland
March 22, 2018 · TV
Greece
September 27, 2015 · Premiere · Athens Film Festival
Poland
October 13, 2015 · Premiere · Warsaw Film Festival
Slovenia
March 16, 2016 · Premiere · Festival of Documentary Film
Sweden
November 16, 2015 · Premiere · Stockholm International Film Festival
Switzerland
July 10, 2015 · Premiere · Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival
Ukraine
September 29, 2019 · Premiere · Kharkiv MeetDocs Eastern Ukrainian Film Festival
United Kingdom
June 24, 2015 · Premiere · Edinburgh International Film Festival
October 28, 2020 · Digital
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