Checkmate: Strategy of a Revolution (2003)

How does one trigger a revolution? In the Romanian uprising in 1989, everything seemed to happen by itself. The people were fed up and were plagued by poverty and terror. There comes a time when action must be taken! But, it turns out that history is not that simple, as this investigative documentary proves. The film is a thorough and revealing reconstruction of the events leading up to Ceaucescu’s downfall and execution. In actual fact, the Romanian revolution was a strictly managed operation, controlled from the outside. Hungary, Germany and especially America had big fingers in the pie.

Released Jan. 1, 2003 60 min 3+

Genres: Documentary

Keywords: tmdb.revolution, tmdb.romania, tmdb.political-documentary, mdblist.imdb-tv-movie

Production Companies: Gunnar Dedio for Looks Film

Country: Austria
Production Countries: Austria, Germany
Languages: German